Antique engraving showing the Early English stone baptismal font from King's Cliff church, Northamptonshire, UK

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A wood-engraving from F. A. Paley, "Illustrations of Baptismal Fonts," London, 1844. A strong and massive Early English church font. The bowl is cup-shaped, and supported on an octagonal shaft of nearly equal dimensions. It is ornamented with eight circles, slightly raised, four of which are plain and four contain quatrefoils; under each of the plain ones is a very short sharf with moulded capitals, connecting the bowl with its support. The design and execution of the whole are very plain and simple, but characteristic of the period. It stands between the second and third pillar, on the south side [of] the nave, nearly opposite the south door.

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Size: 3840px × 3798px
Location: King's Cliff, Northamptonshire, England
Photo credit: © FromOldBooks.org / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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