Foret-Fouesnant / La Forêt-Fouesnant

INFORMATION

FontID: 04580FOR
Church/Chapel: Eglise Notre-Dame-d'Izel-Vor
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: France
Location: Finistère, Bretagne
Directions to Site: Located in the canton de Fouesnant, arrondissement de Quimper
Date: 1628
Century and Period: 17th century(early),
Workshop/Group/Artisan: double font / baldaquin font
Described and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes du Finistère (1998) as a granit baptismal font dated 1628; the main basin is cylindrical with an equally-shaped but more slender base; the auxiliary basin is also cylidrical and much smaller in size, and is united to the main basin and base by two "bridges" with a gap in between. The large basin has an octagonal low-dome wooden cover; the small basin is quite shallow and has a centre drain. The same source [cf. supra] reports a tall wooden baldaquin which covers the font and rests on six columns; it is decorated with foliage motif.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted) (double-font)
Basin Interior Shape: round (both)
Basin Exterior Shape: round (both basins)
Drainage Notes: Not known whether or not the main basin is also drained

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: numbers
Inscription Text: "1628"
Inscription Source: Le patrimoine des communes du Finistère (1998, v. 1, p. 470)

LID INFORMATION

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

REFERENCES

Le Patrimoine des communes du Finistère (2 vols.), Charenton-le-Pont: FLOHIC, 1998