Orschwir No. 1

Results: 3 records

B01: angel - head - 8

Scene Description: One on each side of the basin

B02: design element - motifs - leaf

Scene Description: Below the angel heads, a/p Inventaire général... (1972)

LB01: design element - motifs - leaf

Scene Description: a large one on each side of the octagonal stem, Inventaire général... (1972)

INFORMATION

FontID: 04501ORS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Nicolas
Church Patron Saints: St. Nicholas of Myra
Country Name: France
Location: Haut-Rhin, Grand Est
Directions to Site: Located in the canton de Guebwiller, SW of Colmar
Font Location in Church: In the nave, SW angle
Date: 1669
Century and Period: 17th century
Font Notes:
Described in the Inventaire général... (1972) as a 17th-century octagonal baptismal font (the date 1669 is inscribed on the upper border of the basin); the walls of the basin are curved to a narrowr lower end, each adorned with a large angel or putto head in very high relief, and, below it, e palm (?) leaf in low relief; there is a horizontal crack al around the basin, about half-way up. The pedestal base is octagonal with pronounced mouldings, and a narrower stem, also octagonal, on whose sides are carved leaves like the ones on the basin.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Font Height (less Plinth): 100 cm
Notes on Measurements: Inventaire général... (1972)

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: numbers
Inscription Location: upper part of the basin side
Inscription Text: "1669"
Inscription Source: Inventaire général... (1972)

LID INFORMATION

Material: wood

REFERENCES

Inventaire général des monuments et des richesses artistiques de la France: Commission régionale d'Alsace, Haut-Rhin: canton Guebwiller (2 vols.), Paris: Imprimérie nationale, 1972