Piriac-sur-Mer
INFORMATION
Font ID: 03960PIR
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Pierre
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
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.
Site Location: Loire-Atlantique, Grand-Ouest, France, Europe
Directions to Site: In the canton de Guérande, arrondissement de Saint-Nazaire
Font Notes:
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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, vol. 1, p. 440