Saint-Agnan nr. Saulieu

INFORMATION

FontID: 03711AGN
Object Type: Stoup
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Aignan de Saint-Agnan
Church Patron Saints: St. Aignan [aka Agnan, Aignan of Orleans, Anianus]
Church Location: 58230 Saint-Agnan, France
Country Name: France
Location: Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Directions to Site: Located off the D226, 13 km NW of Saulieu, 20 km NNE of Montsauche-les-Settons
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Nevers
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 17th century
Cognate Fonts: A variant of the cast iron stoups found in Burgundy
Font Notes:
A variant of the typical bucket-shaped cast iron water stoup of Burgundy. This one has a broader, hemispherical lower part, and the handles are actually two short protruding pivots instead of the more usual rings. It appears to be covered with a greyish light-beige paint. (Patrimoine…, Nièvre, 1999, v. 2, p. 643)

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 47.317778, 4.095278
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 47° 19′ 4″ N, 4° 5′ 43″ E
UTM: 31T 582774 5241060

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: metal, iron (cast iron)
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: bucket-shaped (unmounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: bucket-shape

REFERENCES

Le Patrimoine des communes de la Nièvre, Charenton-le-Pont: FLOHIC, 1999