Bouqueval

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 03938BOU
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century, Renaissance
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Baptist
Site Location: Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France, France, Europe
Directions to Site: In the canton de Gonesse, arrondissement de Montmorency
Font Notes:
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, vol. 1, p. 302