Frette-sur-Seine

INFORMATION

FontID: 03941FRE
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Nicolas
Church Patron Saints: St. Nicholas of Myra
Country Name: France
Location: Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France
Directions to Site: In the canton d'Herblay, arrondissement d'Argenteuil
Century and Period: 17th century(early),
Listed and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes du Val-d'Oise (1999) as a plain round font of circa 1622; it is unclear whether the reference in the source implies that this font is a remake of the older one, or a totaly new one made when the old one was smashed by the fall of an overhead arch. The font appears to be of a very light limestone, a round basin mounted on a plain cylindrical column.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone?
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: pedestal font
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Material: wood,
Notes: Flat plain lid

REFERENCES

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