Minstead Font Lion carvings

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North face of font carved with lions in All Saints Church, Minstead, New Forest, Hampshire. The font was found in the early 1800s by the church gardener while digging the shrubbery. It was returned to the church on a new pedestal in 1893. The font is shaped from Purbeck marble and has four faces each decorated differently. The lions are carved in profile and both share a head. The font has been arged to date Saxon, late 11th century, circa 1200 or late 12th century.

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