Saint-Priest-sur-Vienne No. 1 / Saint-Priest-sous-Aixe

Described in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966-) as a beautiful polygonal holy-water stoup in granite; it is ornamented with spirals, clover and other leaves. On-site notes: there are several reasons why this object may be seen as a stoup rather than a font, including that its inner well has been cemented over to a much shallower depth and that it has lost its original base, being now fitted with a short irregular block much too low for the basin. The basin is polygonal, with 14 or 15 sides and 15-22 panels (it is difficult to figure out how many are hidden in the part against the wall) ornamented with varied motifs which often run on to the next panel/s: foliage of several types, parallel lines, a large "X", etc. The carving is crude and gives the font an archaic look, but it is probably date to the 13th or 14th century.