Vue

INFORMATION

FontID: 03966VUE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise Sainte-Anne [orig. from the Église Saint-Philbert]
Church Patron Saints: St. Anne
Country Name: France
Location: Loire-Atlantique, Grand-Ouest
Directions to Site: In the canton de Pellerin, arrondissement de Nantes
Font Location in Church: In the baptismal chapel
Century and Period: 13th - 14th century, Medieval
Font Notes:
Listed and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes de la Loire-Atlantique (1999) as a granite baptismal basin from the High Middle Ages. It appears hexagonal (or octagonal) and in very poor condition, with many areas broken off. There are two torus on the lower side of the base, which may have had some relief on them (rope?) The source [cf. supra] informs that it was originally at the ancient church of Saint-Philbert.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

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