Guewenheim

Results: 5 records

BBU01: design element - motifs - garland

Scene Description: a/p Inventaire général... (1980)

BU01: design element - motifs - floral - rosette - 4-petal

Scene Description: several, a/p Inventaire général... (1980)

BU02: symbol - shell

Scene Description: large, a/p Inventaire général... (1980)

LB01: design element - motifs - palmette

Scene Description: a/p Inventaire général... (1980)

LB02: design element - motifs - leaf - acanthus

Scene Description: a/p Inventaire général... (1980)

INFORMATION

FontID: 04511GUE
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Maurice
Church Patron Saints: St. Maurice [aka Maur, Mauritius, Moritz, Morris]
Country Name: France
Location: Haut-Rhin, Grand Est
Directions to Site: Located on the N466, 8 km from Thann, 46 km from Colmar; in the canton and arrondissement de Colmar
Font Location in Church: In a niche, south wall of the nave
Century and Period: 17th century,
Described and illustrated in the Inventaire général... (1980) as a baptismal font probably dating to the the 17th century and originally from the old church which was demolished in 1828; the same source informs that they covered in stucco in 1833 by Antoine Feuerstein, of which it was cleaned in 1965 to reveal the original yellow sandstone of the basin and the pink of the base stem. It is a slender pedestal font with a hemispheric basin, the whole raised on a square lower base or plinth. The basin is decorated with stylised shell motif (looking like modified ribs) and four-petal rosettes; on the upper part, just below the rim, a narrow garland. The stem of the base is ornamented with low-relief acanthus leave motif and palmettes. There is a dome cover on it which appears to be made of metal.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone (yellow basin and pink base)
Number of Pieces: three
Font Shape: pedestal font
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 67 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 103 cm
Notes on Measurements: Inventaire général... (1980)

LID INFORMATION

Material: metal,
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. Font notes]

REFERENCES

Inventaire général des monuments et des richesses artistiques de la France: Commission régionale d'Alsace, Haut Rhin: canton Thann, Paris: Imprimérie nationale, 1980