Herisson / Hérisson
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design element - motifs - vine - acanthus
design element - patterns - ribbed
INFORMATION
FontID: 03875HER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise Notre-Dame (originally from the église collegiale now disappeared)
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: France
Location: Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Directions to Site: In the canton de Hérisson, arrondissement de Monteluçon
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church Notes: The present church dates from the 19th century; the old collegiate church of the Saint-Sauveur was torn down and its replacement, the first church of Notre-Dame, was closed in 1790. (Le patrimoine des communes de l'Allier, 1999, v. 1, p. 444)
Font Notes:
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Polygonal (octagonal?) mounted font dated in our source (Le patrimoine des communes de l'Allier, 1999, v. 1, p. 445) to the 12th-13th century. The basin is finished only on 3/4 of the sides, obviously the 1/4 was meant to go against a wall; the ornamentation of the basin consists of a moulding at the upper rim and a ribbed pattern all around the underbowl. The pedestal base is also polygonal and has an acanthus vine motif all aroud in a band under the upper moulding.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone
Font Shape: polygonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: polygonal
REFERENCES
Le Patrimoine des communes de l'Allier, Charenton-le-Pont: FLOHIC, 1999