Guerande No. 1 / Guérande

This object is illustrated in a ca.1871 drawing by Victor Ruprich-Robert in the Musée d’Orsay, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais [https://www.musee-orsay.fr/en/artworks/releve-de-fonts-baptismaux-guerande-62892] [accessed 18 December 2023]; the drawing is captioned "Relevé de fonts baptismaux à Guérande". Listed and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes de la Loire-Atlantique (1999) as a composite stoup: the base is a 13th-century cluster of colonnettes mounted on a square plinth, while the square basin whose sides are ornamented with trefoil motifs is of a later date. The entry for this object in Région Pays de la Loire - Inventaire général [https://gertrude.paysdelaloire.fr/dossier/IM44008467] [accessed 18 December 2023] describes and illustrates it as a composite stoup, consisting of a 15th-century baptismal font now used as base for a neo-Gothic stoup basin ["Fonts baptismaux du XVe siècle actuellement recouverts d'une cuve carrée néogothique à usage de bénitier, dont ils constituent maintenant le socle [...] plan, octogonal, colonne, 8 [...] granite, taillé [...] h = 70 ; la = 70 ; pr = 70 (dimensions sans le socle) [...] Constitue le pied d'un bénitier actuellement"]. Another object of interest in this church is listed in Palissy [ref.: PM44001587] as the granite base of a [churchyard?] cross: "Socle de calvaire daté du 11e siècle ou du 12e siècle" [cf. ImagesArea].