DERBYSHIRE FONTS. 



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The south-east side, as seen in fig. 5, shows another small 

 piece of ornament. At the base are intertwined boughs, 

 springing, as they ascend, into very conventional but not 

 altogether common leaf forms. On the right of the same 

 illustration, dim traces of a somewhat similar pattern are to 

 be found. This font is so deeply weatherworn that the detail 

 is hardly visible to the naked eye; in fact, the only way in 

 which it was possible to obtain photographs showing the 



Fig. 5.— Font at Chesterfield, South- East Side. 



design, was to light it strongly from one side only, by burning 

 magnesium wire (used by kind permission of the Vicar, the 

 Rev. Canon Hacking), thus showing up any projections by 

 casting a strong shadow from them. This must be my excuse 

 for the poor quality of the illustrations. 



The font is of a black stone, with lead lining and drain, 

 and is of the following dimensions : — 

 4 



