Ruined Baptismal Font or Well Head

Sculpture

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Hammond Castle Museum

Name/Title

Ruined Baptismal Font or Well Head

Entry/Object ID

OUT-42

Description

Ruined baptismal font on west end of ocean lawn Decorative carved detail with columns, crosses and weaving Reportedly purchased in Rome & from convent, made of a composite of pieces Broken into multiple pieces and in the undergrowth (on west end of ocean lawn)

Acquisition

Accession

OUT-42

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Font, Baptismal

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Vessel, Baptismal

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Container, Ritual

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Religious Objects

Nomenclature Class

Ceremonial Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

General Notes

Note Type

1937-10-21 to Dr Francis Taylor (sources of tile & marbles), pg (1-3)