Montferrie / Montferrié / Montferrier?

INFORMATION

Font ID: 03730MON
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th - 18th century (?)
Church / Chapel Name: Église [chapelle] Saint-Jean-de-Montferrier
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John
Church Address: 8150 Montferrier, Chambres, France
Site Location: Tarn, Occitanie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: No "Montferrié" found in Tarn, but there is a Montferrier just NE of Lavaur and S of Ambres, off the D87
Font Notes:
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, p. 784 footnote 2