Poullaouen

INFORMATION

FontID: 04515POU
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter & St. Paul
Country Name: France
Location: Finistère, Bretagne
Directions to Site: Located 10 km SW of Carhaix-Plouguer, in the canton de Carhaix-Plouguer, arrondissement de Châteaulin
Font Location in Church: In the baptismal chapel
Century and Period: 16th century,
Workshop/Group/Artisan: double font
Described in the Inventaire général... (1969) as a granite double-font probably from the 16th century; the main basin is octagonal; the secundary basin is hexagonal and smaller, both mounted. There is a granite holy-water-stoup, probably of a later date, in the north porch of the church [not listed in the Index]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted) (basin1) - hexagonal (mounted)(basin2)
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal (basin1) - hexagonal (basin2)

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