Spezet / Spézet

INFORMATION

FontID: 04518SPE
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Pierre
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Country Name: France
Location: Finistère, Bretagne
Directions to Site: Located on the D82, 16 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 - 17th century,
Workshop/Group/Artisan: double font
Described and illustrated in the Inventaire général... (1969) as a granite double-font; the main volume consists of an octagonal basin raised which is very wide at the top but narrows considerably at the chamfer; it is raised on an octagonal pedestal; a second, much smaller but similar, secundary basin and base are attached. The baptismal "combo" is completed by a 17th-century "panneau d'aplique" or backdrop in polychrome wood which contains a Baptism of Christ scene.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted) (double-font)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal (both basins)
Drainage Notes: The main basin appears lined with metal

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