Chavagne No. 1
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coat of arms - Loius XIV?
Scene Description: Large, on the front side of the basin; royal arms of Louis XIV?
INFORMATION
FontID: 02781CHA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Èglise paroissiale de Chavagne
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Church Location: 2a Rue de l'Avenir, 35310 Chavagne, France
Country Name: France
Location: Ille-et-Vilaine / Il-ha-Gwilen, Bretagne
Directions to Site: Located off the D21, 4-5 km WNW of Mordelles, about 10 km SW of Rennes city centre
Century and Period: 17th century(late)
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Cognate Fonts: Similar in general design to the font in Balazé, also in Ille-et-Vilaine, and to the stoup in the Chavagne church
Church Notes: The present church dates from the 1860s
Font Notes:
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Shown and described in Malle (1994) as "baptismal font in pink marble"; the round or oval basin has two handle-like curled ornaments on the sides; a large shield is visible on the front side. The upper base is a short round column; below it, three other levels all square. All parts of the font appear to be marble except the cover, made of brass, plain -except for its finial- and low-domed (description based on ill. in Malle, 1994 and Le patrimoine des communes de l'Ille-et-Vilaine, 2000)
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.052359, -1.789527
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 3′ 8.49″ N, 1° 47′ 22.3″ W
UTM: 30U 590204 5322828
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, pink marble
Font Shape: pedestal font
Basin Interior Shape: round or oval
Basin Exterior Shape: round or oval
LID INFORMATION
Date: 17th - 18th century
Material: metal, brass
Notes: Finial has curled motifs and Latin cross
REFERENCES
Le Patrimoine des communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine, Charenton: FLOHIC, 2000
Malle, Louis, Sources du baptême: découvrir les baptistères et les fonts baptismaux, Paris: Éditions de l'atelier, 1994