The date of the Font is unknown.
However at the time of the Reformation it was grossly defaced and discarded, surplus to requirements.
The wreckers had made large holes in each side and greatly defaced the ornamentation.
When restored at a later date the craftsmen filled in the holes with plaster, reproduced the defaced ornamentation and added new pillars.
They then applied a yellow pigment to hide the defects and covered the upper surface of the bowl with lead.
The Font now stands on an octagonal base.
In 1903, it was moved from a position under the west arch and now stands in the Baptistery.
It is almost one metre in height and about sixty centimetres in diameter.
On the west side are four double leafed ornaments; on the north and south sides there are three larger single leaf ornaments, and on the east is a winged demon with head bent down, closed wings and a curled and forked tail, each part of which ends in a serpent-like head, surrounded with fruit and leaves, and with a leaf in its mouth.
The design is supposed to inculcate the idea that the evil spirit is expelled during the baptism of the child.
The date of the Font is unknown. However at the time of the Reformation it was grossly defaced and discarded, surplus to requirements. The wreckers had made large holes in each side and greatly defaced the ornamentation. When restored at a later date the craftsmen filled in the holes with plaster, reproduced the defaced ornamentation and added new pillars. They then applied a yellow pigment to hide the defects and covered the upper surface of the bowl with lead. The Font now stands on an octagonal base. In 1903, it was moved from a position under the west arch and now stands in the Baptistery. It is almost one metre in height and about sixty centimetres in diameter. On the west side are four double leafed ornaments; on the north and south sides there are three larger single leaf ornaments, and on the east is a winged demon with head bent down, closed wings and a curled and forked tail, each part of which ends in a serpent-like head, surrounded with fruit and leaves, and with a leaf in its mouth. The design is supposed to inculcate the idea that the evil spirit is expelled during the baptism of the child.
St. Kentigern's Church, Aspatria