Souvigne-sur-Meme / Souvigné-sur-Même

INFORMATION

FontID: 04531SOU
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Martin
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Country Name: France
Location: Sarthe, Pays de la Loire
Directions to Site: Located in the canton de -and 4.5 km from- La Ferté-Bernard, in the arrondissement de Mamers
Font Location in Church: West end of the nave, on the left side
Century and Period: 17th century,
Described in the Inventaire général... (1983) as a limestone baptismal font of the 17th century; the round basin has four internal divisions in the well and has traces of paint on it. The base is a square pedestal base of the bulbous ("baluster") type. Flat wooden cover.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: pedestal font
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 90 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 105 cm
Notes on Measurements: Inventaire général... (1983)

LID INFORMATION

Material: wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. Font notes]

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