Gahard No. 2

INFORMATION

FontID: 04251GAH
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Exupère
Church Patron Saints: St. Exuperius [aka Exsuperius, Exupéry, Soupire]
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: 16th century
Workshop/Group/Artisan: double font
Font Notes:
Described in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966-) as being a 16th century granite double font. [NB: there is an old postcard of a photograph showing a large stone vessel raised on the short stumps of round columns. The postcard bears the title: "3535. Gahrd (I.-et-V.) -- Parc du Prieuré. Ecuelle de Gargantua" [http://tikayu.unblog.fr/files/2008/08/gahardcuelle.vignette.jpg] [accessed 30 December 2013] - not known whether this is a baptismal vessel or not].

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: Unknown (double-font)

REFERENCES

Dictionnaire des églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse, Paris: R. Laffont, 1966-