Baptismal font
Created by James Castle
Date: 1851
Usually date of exhibition rather than production
Object class: religious and ritual equipment
Object type: font
Material: stone - limestone - caen stone
Technique: carved
Description: Baptismal font, in Caen stone, enriched with four compositions in alto-relievo, and symbolical decorations of fruits, foliage, &c., studied from nature, and adapted to conventional architectural forms.
Exhibitions and other Events
Exhibited at Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations (London), 1851
1851
Citing this record
'Baptismal font', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/object.php?id=msib7_1206629364, accessed 05 Jul 2020]
