Bouvron

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 03956BOU
Object Type: Stoup
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Sauveur
Church Patron Saint(s): Our Saviour
Site Location: Loire-Atlantique, Grand-Ouest, France, Europe
Directions to Site: In the canton de Blain, arrondissement de Châteaubriant
Additional Comments: recycled stoup: put to use as stoup in 1955; unknown origin or previous purpose
Font Notes:
Listed and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes de la Loire-Atlantique (1999) as a granit stone of unknown origin installed circa 1955 to serve as holy-water stoup by the abbé Jamoneau; the stone appears quite irregular, though of a general rectangular shape, and has a grotesque face with a hole in the mouth on the visible side.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: rectangular
Basin Interior Shape: rectangular
Basin Exterior Shape: rectangular
Drainage System: hole in the mouth of the figure
Drainage Notes: It is not clear whether or not the hole goes right through and serves (served?) therefore as drain

REFERENCES

  • Le Patrimoine des communes de la Loire-Atlantique, Charenton-le-Pont: FLOHIC, 1999, vol. 1, p. 142