Ungersheim
Results: 4 records
angel - head
design element - motifs - floral - rosette
design element - motifs - foliage
design element - motifs - foliage
INFORMATION
FontID: 03819UNG
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Michel
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael
Church Location: 6 Rue d'Ensisheim, 68190 Ungersheim, France
Country Name: France
Location: Haut-Rhin, Grand Est
Directions to Site: Located off the D48, 7-8 km ESE of Soultz-Haut-Rhin
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 16th century, Late Gothic
Cognate Fonts: Similar font at Feldkirch and Raedersheim nearby
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00085725]: "2e moitié 11e siècle ; 1ère moitié 18e siècle"
Font Notes:
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Octagonal mounted font listed in Le Patrimoine des communes du Haut-Rhin (1998, v. 2, p. 1249). The basin shows two sides, one with a large rosette, the other appears to have an angel head as ornamntation, although it is in very poor state and has a large part broken off. The underbowl appears covered in foliage motif. The pedestal of the base is cruciform and has foliage motif ornamentation. "Coiffée d'un couvercle néo-gothique". (Ibid.)
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 47.876933, 7.305569
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 47° 52′ 36.96″ N, 7° 18′ 20.05″ E
UTM: 32T 373305 5304012
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: 19th century?
Material: wood
Notes: [cf. Font notes]
REFERENCES
Le Patrimoine des communes du Haut-Rhin, Charenton-le-Pont: FLOHIC, 1998