Cherreau
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BU01: design element - patterns - ribbed
Scene Description: a/p Inventaire général... (1983)
INFORMATION
FontID: 04522CHE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Symphorien
Church Patron Saints: St. Symphorian [Symphorien d'Autun] [† ca. 200]
Country Name: France
Location: Sarthe, Pays de la Loire
Directions to Site: Located in the canton de -and 2 km from- La Ferté-Bernard, in the arrondissement de Mamers
Font Location in Church: In the north aisle, first crossing
Century and Period: 17th century
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in the Inventaire général... (1983): shallow round basin in white limestone; roll moulding at the upper rim, then deep scotia; the underbowl is adorned with a pattern of thinn ribs. The base is a square pedestal of the bulbous or baluster type, the lower part of which appears badly cracked in the illustration.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: pedestal font
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 90 cm (long diam.) x 68 cm (short diam.)
Font Height (less Plinth): 105 cm
Notes on Measurements: Inventaire général... (1983)
LID INFORMATION
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
REFERENCES
Inventaire général des monuments et des richesses artistiques de la France: Commission régionale des Pays de la Loire, Sarthe: canton La Ferté-Bernard, Paris: Imprimérie nationale, 1983