Chanteloup

Results: 2 records

B01: design element - motifs - vine - grape

Scene Description: all around the sides of the main body of the font, top to bottom

B02: design element - architectural - arcade - blind - trefoiled arches

Scene Description: on the sides of the auxiliary or secondary volume of the font, top to bottom

INFORMATION

FontID: 04019CHA
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 Sel-de-Bretagne, arrondissement de Redon
Century and Period: 15th century, Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: double font
Listed and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine (2000) as an octagonal double font of the 15th century; the main body of the font is an octagonal prism, top to bottom, its sides covered in rich grapevine ornamentation; one side has the square protrusion which constitutes the auxiliary basin, again, top to bottom, but its sides are ornamented with Gothic trilobed arches. Woden flat cover.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: one?
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)(double font)
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal (basin1) square (basin2)

LID INFORMATION

Material: wood,

REFERENCES

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