Piriac-sur-Mer

INFORMATION

FontID: 03960PIR
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Pierre
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Country Name: France
Location: Loire-Atlantique, Grand-Ouest
Directions to Site: In the canton de Guérande, arrondissement de Saint-Nazaire
Century and Period: 17th century,
Church Notes: The baptismal font at this church, also listed in Le patrimoine..., is a plain 19th century pedestal font in dark marble with an oval basin of a type very common in the whole country, from the 17th century onwards.
Listed and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes de la Loire-Atlantique (1999) as a granite holy-water stoup of the 17th century. It is wall-mounted and hexagonal (?) in shape with marked arris at all angles.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

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