Archaeologia Cantiana Vol. 14 -1882  page 29

Smarden Church by the Rev  Francis  Haslewood

ornament round the font terminates in a trefoil, emblematic of the Trinity, which, with the space within the nimbi that surround the heads of the figures, is of a green colour. The rich blue and general workmanship leads us to suppose it was made at the celebrated works of Limoges. In the museum of Cluny, at Paris, are some elaborate shrines, of the thirteenth century, which were manufactured at Limoges. Some of the enamelled plates are similar to this at Smarden, even to the minute bordering; suggesting that they probably came from the same manufactory, and were, perhaps, the work of the same hands. The hole for money, which is by no means unusual in shrines, most likely suggested the idea of placing this plate upon the Alms Box here.

Grotesque head, on north wall of Nave

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