Mouaze / Mouazé No. 1
INFORMATION
Font ID: 04011MOU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century
Workshop/Group/Artisan: double font
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Melaine
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Melaine [Melanius, Mellion]
Site Location: Ille-et-Vilaine / Il-ha-Gwilen, Bretagne, France, Europe
Directions to Site: In the Canton de Saint-Aubin-d'Aubigné, arrondissement de Rennes
Font Notes:
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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: double-font, octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
- Le Patrimoine des communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine, Charenton: FLOHIC, 2000, vol. 2, p. 1375