Kergloff

INFORMATION

Font ID: 04514KER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century
Workshop/Group/Artisan: double font
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Trémeur (formerly ancienne église tréviale)
Font Location in Church: In the nave, west wall, south side
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Tremeur
Church Notes: 16thC church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00090015]: "La construction de l'édifice paraît remonter au 16e siècle, mais le clocher a été refait en 1891. La sacristie est datée de 1697."
Church Address: 29270 Kergloff, France
Site Location: Finistère, Bretagne, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located on the D48, 5 km from Carhaix-Plouguer, in the canton de Carhaix-Plouguer, arrondissement de Châteaulin
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Quimper et Léon
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]

COORDINATES

Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.274643, -3.623021
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 16′ 28.72″ N, 3° 37′ 22.88″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: double-font, hexagonal, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: double basin, hexagonal (both)
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, p, 45