Kergloff

INFORMATION

FontID: 04514KER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Trémeur (formerly ancienne église tréviale)
Church Patron Saints: St. Tremeur
Country Name: France
Location: Finistère, Bretagne
Directions to Site: Located on the D48, 5 km from Carhaix-Plouguer, in the canton de Carhaix-Plouguer, arrondissement de Châteaulin
Font Location in Church: In the nave, west wall, south side
Century and Period: 17th century
Workshop/Group/Artisan: double font
Font Notes:
Described in the Inventaire général... (1969) as a double-font of uncertain date -though probably from the 16th century- encased in the "lambris" or panelling frequently found in this area of France. The main basin is hexagonal; the secundary basin is smaller. The source [cf. supra] states that these fonts, which were made without significant changes of style from the 17th to the 19th centuries, are very difficult to date. [NB: the holy-water stoup in this church, a hexagonal basin also made of granite is not dated and has not been included in this Index]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: hexagonal (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: hexagonal
Font Height (less Plinth): 90 cm
Notes on Measurements: Inventaire général... (1980

REFERENCES

Inventaire général des monuments et des richesses artistiques de la France: Commission régionale de Bretagne, Finistère: canton Carhaix-Plouguer (2 vols.), Paris: Imprimérie nationale, 1969