Lumeville-en-Ornois / Luméville-en-Ornois
INFORMATION
FontID: 04544LUM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale de l'Assumption de Luméville-en-Ornois
Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Location: 11 Place de l'Église, Luméville-en-Ormois, 55130 Gondrecourt-le-Château, France
Country Name: France
Location: Meuse, Grand Est
Directions to Site: Located off the D32, in the municipality and 2-3 km SW of Gondrecourt-le-Château
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the NW corner of the nave
Century and Period: 17th - 19th century
Font Notes:
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Described in the Inventaire général... (1981) as a limestone baptismal font probably of the 17th century; although made of limestone, it is painted to imitate marble; the basin is octagonal with mouldings on the sides. The pedestal base is of the bulbous ("baluster") type. A baptismal font is listed in Palissy [ref.: IM55006580] [https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/palissy/IM55006580] [accessed 19 April 2023] in the Église paroissiale de l'Assomption, Gondrecourt-le-Château: "Fonts constitués de deux blocs : la cuve octogonale et un pied carré ; la cuve à un profil en cavet, talon droit, bandeau, cavet, listel, tore, bandeau et quart-de-rond renversé ; le pied se compose de deux demi-balustres opposées séparées par un tore (balustre en plinthe et doucine renversée) ; un couvercle de bois circulaire protège l'intérieur de la cuve [...] Pierre (calcaire) [...] peinture imitant le marbre beige veiné de rose [...] 18e siècle, 19e siècle [...] H = 108 ; hauteur de l'ensemble ; largeur du pied : 31 cm ; diamètre de la cuve : 74 cm". Listed in Le Patrimoine des communes de la Meuse (1999, v. 1, p. 494) as an octagonal mounted font of the 17th century. The octagonal basin is mounted on a square pedestal with many mouldings and is rather unremarkable except for the fact that, although it is of plain limestone, it has been painted over to imitate marble.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Diameter (includes rim): 74 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 108 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [ref.: IM55006580] / Inventaire général... (1981)
LID INFORMATION
Apparatus: no
Notes: The cover appears flat, with locking eyelets and a simple handle
REFERENCES
Inventaire général des monuments et des richesses artistiques de la France: Commission régionale de Lorraine, Meuse: canton Gondrecourt-le-Château, Paris: Imprimérie nationale, 1981