DERBYSHIRE FONTS. 45 



thin but well proportioned, giving an air of lightness and 

 neatness quite foreign to Norman work of the usual stamp. 

 Here, again, the tub-shaped font has been the artist's choice, 

 but subsequently the craftsmen of Early English times chose 

 to embellish it with a pedestal of their own design. This 

 has not in the least spoiled the general effect; in fact, in 

 my humble opinion, it has greatly added to the richness of it. 

 It is, perhaps, a trifle top-heavy, but this little irregularity 

 rather attracts attention, and enhances the appearance of the 

 closely cut rings on the upper part of the bare stone. 



The arcading is of the interlaced type, but it appears as 

 though, at some time, the surface had been what is technically 

 known as " scraped," or, in other words, the outer shell of 

 discoloured stone has been lightly chiselled over. I have 

 presumed that the arcade interlaces because it is so seldom 

 otherwise, though at times one arcading is laid over another, 

 the centre of one arch being directly over the springing of two 

 Other arches from the supporting pier. The capitals of the 

 columns are very curious, and can hardly be recognised as 

 such. There are no bases, but at the bottom of each panel, 

 flanked by each pair of piers, is a little medallion containing 

 a fleur-de-lys, which has a very decided " droop " to the outer 

 leaves. This exactly resembles the fleur, of which there are 

 a large number, on the magnificent specimen at Lenton, 

 Nottingham. The same pattern of fleur occurs on the leaden 

 font at Ashover, in this county (Derbyshire), as we shall see 

 later. 



The measurements are as follows : — 



Height of Norman portion 

 Total height - 

 Width of top of bowl - 

 Width of interior of bowl 

 Depth of interior of bowl 



It has a drain, but no lead lining. 



ft. 



in. 



I 



ii 



4 



3 



2 



4 



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H 





IO 



