Saverne No. 4

INFORMATION

FontID: 04509SAV

Object Type: Stoup

Church/Chapel: In a museum

Country Name: France

Location: Bas-Rhin, Grand Est

Directions to Site: Saverne is located at the D1004-D1404 crossroads, about 45 km NW of Strasbourg. Other listed fonts also in this area (e.g.: Neuwiller-l-S., etc.)

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Strasbourg

Historical Region: Alsace

Date: 1608

Century and Period: 17th century(early)

Font Notes: Click to view

Described in the Inventaire général... (1978) as a holy-water stoup dated 1608 by an inscription; it is octagonal and finished in a point, and ornamented with low-relief foliage motif.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone

Number of Pieces: one

Font Shape: octagonal

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

Basin Total Height: 27 cm

Notes on Measurements: Inventaire général... (1978)

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: numbers

Inscription Location: On the basin side

Inscription Text: "1608"

Inscription Source: Inventaire général... (1978)

REFERENCES

Inventaire général des monuments et des richesses artistiques de la France: Commission régionale d'Alsace, Bas-Rhin: canton Saverne, Paris: Imprimérie nationale, 1978