Mouaze / Mouazé No. 1

INFORMATION

FontID: 04011MOU

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Melaine

Church Patron Saints: St. Melaine [Melanius, Mellion]

Country Name: France

Location: Ille-et-Vilaine / Il-ha-Gwilen, Bretagne

Directions to Site: In the Canton de Saint-Aubin-d'Aubigné, arrondissement de Rennes

Century and Period: 17th century

Workshop/Group/Artisan: double font

Font Notes: Click to view

Listed and described in Le patrimoine des communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine (2000) as a 17th-18th century plain octagonal double-font, although on the outside, oblong in shape, it does not show the two basins. The base is a rectangular pedestal with ornamentation on the sides. It is the font from the old church.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite

Number of Pieces: two?

Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

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