Plessis-Gassot / Le Plessis-Gassot

INFORMATION

FontID: 03937PLE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise Notre-Dame
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: France
Location: Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France
Directions to Site: In the canton d' Écouen, arrondissement de Montmorency
Font Location in Church: On the left side
Century and Period: 17th century
Font Notes:
Listed and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes du Val-d'Oise (1999) as a pedestal font of the 17th century in a black marble with white veins. The basin is round and plain except for a large scotia around its middle. The base is also round and plain, with a bulbous shape. It has a low-dome brass cover which opens to both ends.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble
Font Shape: pedestal font
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

LID INFORMATION

Material: metal, brass

REFERENCES

Tewkesbury Abbey (a Pitkin guide), Andover, Hants.: Pitkin Pictorials, 1992