Ferte-Bernard No. 5 / La Ferté-Bernard

INFORMATION

FontID: 04529FER
Object Type: Stoup
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Notre-Dame-des-Marais
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: France
Location: Sarthe, Pays de la Loire
Directions to Site: Located on the RN23, in the arrondissement de Mamers
Font Location in Church: In the transept, right arm
Century and Period: 17th century(late)
Cognate Fonts: A second stoup located in the nave, right side, by the 1st pillar
Font Notes:
Described in the Inventaire général... (1983) as one of two holy-water stoups made of pink marble in this church; the basin is oval and the base is a square pedestal of the bulbous (or "baluster") type.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble (pink)
Font Shape: pedestal stoup
Basin Exterior Shape: oval
Diameter (includes rim): 77 cm
Basin Total Height: 60 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 101 cm
Notes on Measurements: Inventaire général... (1983) *[NB: this measurement is given as "prof." in the text, but it cannot refer to the internal depth of the basin]

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