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Listed by Enlart (1902) as a 12th century Marquise font on a 5-support base. Described in Oursel (1994: 231) as the most original of a group formed also by the fonts at Condette, Audrehem, Cormont, Henneveux, Hervelinghem, Saint-Martin-Choquel and others. A large square font of the Tournai-type according to Pudelko (1932), who suggests Marquise stone [with a question mark] and dates it ca. 1200. Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM62000557] as being made of sandstone: "fonts baptismaux [...] grès [...] 12e siècle". Listed in Drake (2002) in the group of Marquise fonts. On-site notes: typical shape of a Boulonnais-type font made of a local limestone of an ochre colour and known as 'pierre de Marquise'; it consists of a large square basin, although this one is totally plain and has slightly chamfered sides [the side ornamentation could have been cut off at a later date]; the capitals of the base columns, on the other hand, are beautifully carved with leaf motif and the bases have a very regular double scalloped edge. Another oddity of this font is that the bottom of the basin well is actually flat, whereas most others in this type of font are hemispherical. It is altogether a very elegant and well-proportioned font, despite the oddities. The cover is a modern flat one made of wood.