Montferrie / Montferrié / Montferrier?
INFORMATION
FontID: 03730MON
Object Type: Stoup
Church/Chapel: Eglise [chapelle] Saint-Jean-de-Montferrier
Church Patron Saints: St. John
Church Location: 8150 Montferrier, Chambres, France
Country Name: France
Location: Tarn, Occitanie
Directions to Site: No "Montferrié" found in Tarn, but there is a Montferrier just NE of Lavaur and S of Ambres, off the D87
Century and Period: 17th - 18th century (?)
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Enlart (1902, p. 784 footnote 2) mentions a terracotta stoup at the church of Montferrié, and a factory which made such objects in Pibres, just SW of a site known now as "Montferrier".
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: ceramic, terracotta
REFERENCES
Enlart, Camille, Manuel d'archéologie française depuis les temps mérovingiens jusqu'à la Renaissance, Paris: Alphonse Picard & fils, 1902