Chapelle-Chaussee, La / Chapelle-Chaussée

Results: 3 records

BD101: animal - bird - dove

Scene Description: on the front side of the smaller basin

BD201: animal - bird - eating arum or grapes?

Scene Description: on the front side of the larger basin; not clear what the fruit is

BDL01: angel - showing wings

INFORMATION

FontID: 03981CHA
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Pierre
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Country Name: France
Location: Ille-et-Vilaine / Il-ha-Gwilen, Bretagne
Directions to Site: In the canton de Bécherel, arrondissement de Rennes
Century and Period: 15th - 16th century, Late Medieval
Workshop/Group/Artisan: double font
Cognate Fonts: La Baussaine (Ille-et-Vilaine) is quite similar, with more sophisticated carving
Listed and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine (2000) as a baptismal font of the double-basin type. It is actually quite similar to the one in La Baussaine nearby, though less rich in ornamentation: the polygonal double basin has been carved out of a single block of granite, but the basins are well differentiated by a transition area on which an angel is depicted; the only other visible motif in this source [cf. supra] is a dove on each basin. The detached square columns which make up the two base supports are plain and have their corners chamfered. The same source informs that this font had been relegated to the presbitery garden for many years until, in the 20th century, they were brought back into the church by the abbé Jean Robert.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Number of Pieces: three
Font Shape: polygonal (mounted)(double-font)
Basin Interior Shape: round (both)
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal (both)
Notes on Measurements: [cf. Index entry for La Baussaine, of similar size]

REFERENCES

Le Patrimoine des communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine, Charenton: FLOHIC, 2000