Gennes-sur-Seiche
Results: 3 records
LID01: design element - motifs - foliage
Scene Description: on the vertical corners of the covering case
LID02: human figure - head
Scene Description: on the vertical corners of the covering case
LID03: design element - architectural - scroll
Scene Description: a large one on each side of the covering case
INFORMATION
FontID: 03980GEN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Sulpice
Church Patron Saints: St. Sulpicius [aka Sulpitius]
Country Name: France
Location: Ille-et-Vilaine / Il-ha-Gwilen, Bretagne
Directions to Site: In the canton d'Argentré-du-Plessis, arrondissement de Rennes
Century and Period: 16th - 17th century
Workshop/Group/Artisan: cased-font
Font Notes:
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Listed in Le patrimoine des communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine (2000) as a baptismal font; this source illustrates only the "lambris" [lining case] which totally covers it: a rectangular wooden box with scroll and rosette ornamentation on the sides; the vertical corners have foliage motif and heads. The top is plain with two square lids which, we presume, give access to a typical granite double-font. The "lambris" is dated to the 17th century in the source [cf. supra]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite?
LID INFORMATION
Date: 17th century
Material: wood
Notes: This is a "cased-font", in which the font itself is totally hidden inside a wooden box-like frame with two hinged lids at the top.
REFERENCES
Le Patrimoine des communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine, Charenton: FLOHIC, 2000