Brains

INFORMATION

FontID: 03957BRA
Object Type: Stoup
Church/Chapel: [no longer in a church; orig. from the old Brains church destroyed ca. 1870]
Country Name: France
Location: Loire-Atlantique, Grand-Ouest
Directions to Site: In the canton de Bouaye, arrondissement de Nantes
Font Location in Church: The former stoup is now behind the presbitery, in rue des Clos-Mâts
Century and Period: 17th century
Church Notes: The church where this stoup came from no longer exists
Font Notes:
Listed and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes de la Loire-Atlantique (1999) as a granit stoup of the 17th century which now serves as flower pot behind the presbitery, in rue des Clos-Mâts; it appears octagonal in its exterior with a square basin well. The source [cf. supra] links it to the old church which was destroyed circa 1870.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: octagonal (unmounted)
Basin Interior Shape: square
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

Le Patrimoine des communes de la Loire-Atlantique, Charenton-le-Pont: FLOHIC, 1999