Cherreau

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 04522CHE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Symphorien de Cherreau
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the N aisle, first crossing
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Symphorian [Symphorien d'Autun] [† ca. 200]
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00109720]
Church Address: Pl. de l'Église, 72400 Cherré-Au, France
Site Location: Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D153, in the canton de -and 2 km from- La Ferté-Bernard, in the arrondissement de Mamers
Font Notes:
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.

COORDINATES

Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.19278, 0.68333
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 11′ 34.01″ N, 0° 40′ 59.99″ E

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, p. 151 and pl. 115 on p. 157