Plouedern / Plouédern

Results: 2 records

BU01: design element - patterns - ribbed

Scene Description: on both underbowls of the double font, a/p description and illustration in Le patrimoine des communes du Finistère (1998)

LB01: design element - patterns - fluted

Scene Description: on both bases of the double font, a/p description and illustration in Le patrimoine des communes du Finistère (1998)

INFORMATION

FontID: 04672PLO
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Edern
Church Patron Saints: St. Edern
Country Name: France
Location: Finistère, Bretagne
Directions to Site: Located in the canton de Landerneau, arrondissement de Brest.
Century and Period: 17th century(mid),
Workshop/Group/Artisan: double font -- by master Roland Doré
Described and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes du Finistère (1998) as a mid 17th-century double baptismal font in granite; The main basin is hemispheric and raised on a cylindrical pedestal; the basin has an inscription under the rim [cf. Inscription] and large ribbed pattern on the underbowl. The pedestal of the base has fluted pattern and there are mouldings at its top and bottom. The second basin and base are a miniture replica of the main ones, and are united to them at the top and via a plain circular lower base or plinth on which both volumes stand.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted) (double-font)
Basin Interior Shape: round (both)
Basin Exterior Shape: round (both)

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Notes: The exact transcription is not available
Inscription Location: right under the rim
Inscription Text: Roland Doré 1641
Inscription Source: Le patrimoine des communes du Finistère (1998, v. 1, p. 617)

REFERENCES

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