Rethel no. 2

***THERE APPEARS TO BE A CONFLICT BETWEEN THIS AND RETHEL No. 1 -- TO BE RESOLVED*** Listed and illustrated in Collins (1981: 48, pl. 27, 28). This font, now at the museum in Rethel, is said to have originated at the ancient abbey of La Val Roy [aka Valroy, Valroye]. This font is discussed and illustrated, among several others (Wasigny, Sapogne, etc.), in Jean-Luc Collignon [http://jeanluccollignon.blog4ever.net/wasigny-faire-parler-la-pierre] [accessed 12 June 2016], who notes that the font had been at the time (2014?) moved to theparish church of Saint-Quentin-le-Petit [not corroborated yet]. It is a Tournai-like font of external square shape with long but shallow sides. The parts visible in the source show, partly, three of the sides with the following ornamentation: 1)coiled snake-like animal, 2)two lions in profile, tails up walking towards the right, 3)two winged lions (or griffons?) sedentes facing each other; the visible upper surface shows a typical Tournai-type decoration with a well executed rim and floral motifs in the spandrels, as well as rosettes on the band delineating the round well. The underbowl is rounded and plain. The original base is missing (?).