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

INFORMATION

Font ID: 03996CHA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 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
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Martin
Font Location in Church: A the end of the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Site Location: Ille-et-Vilaine / Il-ha-Gwilen, Bretagne, France, Europe
Directions to Site: In the canton de Liffré, arrondissement de Rennes
Additional Comments: recycled font: "put to pasture" inside the church [i.e., kept inside but no longer used
Font Notes:
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: double-font, octagonal, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: double basin, 1) octagonal 2) pentagonal

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, vol. 1, p. 791