Guewenheim

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 04511GUE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Maurice de Guewenheim
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in a niche, S wall of the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Maurice [aka Maur, Mauritius, Moritz, Morris]
Previous Font Location(s): Guewenheim, ancienne église paroissiale [cf. FontNotes]
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: IA00024173]: "Tour peut-être un vestige de l'édifice du 18e siècle ; nef et choeur réalisés par Sassary et Kuen, achevés en 1829 ; flèche de 1876."
Church Address: 3 Rue des Fleurs, 68116 Guewenheim, France
Site Location: Haut-Rhin, Grand Est, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D466G, 8 km S of Thann, 46 km SSW of Colmar
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Strasbourg
Additional Comments: restored font: 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
Font Notes:
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. Font listed in Palissy [ref.: IM68001495]: "Fonts baptismaux provenant de l'église démolie en 1828 ; stuqués en 1833 par Antoine Feuerstein, ils ont été restaurés en 1965 [...] 17e siècle (?) [...] H = 103 ; d = 67 [...] Cuve demi sphérique sur pied quadrangulaire. Pied en grès rose clair ; cuve en grès jaune." Illustrated in Mémoire [ref.: IVR42_19726801234P, IVR42_19726801235P].

COORDINATES

UTM: 32T 357124 5290333
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 47.750531, 7.093797
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 47° 45′ 1.91″ N, 7° 5′ 37.67″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone (yellow basin and pink base)
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
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

  • France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Mémoire / POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine (Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général), 2024. URL: https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/search/mosaic?base=%5B%22Photographies%20%28M%C3%A9moire%29%22%5D.
  • France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Mémoire / POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine (Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général), 2024. URL: https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/search/mosaic?base=%5B%22Photographies%20%28M%C3%A9moire%29%22%5D.
  • France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Palissy (France, Ministère de la culture), France, Ministère de la culture. URL: http://www.culture.fr/public/mistral/palissy.
  • Inventaire général des monuments et des richesses artistiques de la France: Commission régionale d'Alsace, Haut Rhin: canton Thann, Paris: Imprimérie nationale, 1980, p. 43, 90 and pl. 41 on p. 96