Grand-Fougeray

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BBL01: design element - motifs - foliage

Scene Description: a single one at each corner

INFORMATION

FontID: 03988GRA
Object Type: Stoup
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Pierre-et-St. Paul
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter & St. Paul
Country Name: France
Location: Ille-et-Vilaine / Il-ha-Gwilen, Bretagne
Directions to Site: In the canton de Grand-Fougeray, arrondissement de Redon
Font Location in Church: In the lateral prolongation of the chapelle de la Sainte-Vierge (formerly called chapelle de la Trinité)
Cognate Fonts: The stoup at Bais, nearby, is similar, although the ornamental motif of the lower basin sides is different
Font Notes:
Listed and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine (2000) as a granit stoup of mixed composition: the octagonal basin, adorned at the lower part of the sides with a moulding and single foliage motif at the corners, is raised over an older round pedestal base.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

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