Bouqueval

Results: 3 records

B01: human figure - head

Scene Description: several; could be angel heads

B02: design element - motifs - tape

Scene Description: a wide tape motif forming a frame for the heads

LB01: design element - patterns - ribbed

Scene Description: all around the stem of the base

INFORMATION

FontID: 03938BOU
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Country Name: France
Location: Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France
Directions to Site: In the canton de Gonesse, arrondissement de Montmorency
Century and Period: 17th century, Renaissance
Listed and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes du Val-d'Oise (1999) as a pedestal stoup of the 17th century in limestone, much resembling a garden ornament: it has a shallow round basin with wide tape ornamentation and human (angel?) heads. The bulbous pedestal of the base has stylised ribbed pattern and the lower base has an opening flower/plant shape on a plain square block.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: pedestal font
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 14.5 cm
Font Height (with Plinth): 95 cm
Notes on Measurements: Le patrimoine des communes du Val-d'Oise (1999, p. 302)

REFERENCES

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