Chasne-sur-Illet No. 2 / Chasné-sur-Illet

INFORMATION

FontID: 03996CHA
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Martin
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Country Name: France
Location: Ille-et-Vilaine / Il-ha-Gwilen, Bretagne
Directions to Site: In the canton de Liffré, arrondissement de Rennes
Font Location in Church: A the end of the nave
Century and Period: 15th century, Late Medieval
Workshop/Group/Artisan: double font
Cognate Fonts: Similar to the font at St-Sulpice-la-Foret nearby, but without the heraldic motif
Listed and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine (2000) as a 15th century granite double font: it appears to be one piece, the two polygonal basins , the larger is octagonal and the secondary one appears pentagonal, and the base; the basins have a double scotia running all around the sides, which appears to be all the ornamentation found in this font. Plain wooden covers with finials on both basins. The source [cf. supra] reports that they are no longer used.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)(double-font)
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal (basin1) pentagonal (basin2)

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Material: wood,
Notes: Plain wooden lids with finials on both basins

REFERENCES

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