Plougourvest

INFORMATION

FontID: 04676PLO
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Pierre
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Country Name: France
Location: Finistère, Bretagne
Directions to Site: Located in the canton de Lindivisiau, arrondissement de Morlaix
Date: 1667?
Century and Period: 17th century,
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Yves Bourc'his and Y. Kerfourn -- commissioned by Louis de Crésolles
Although the font itself is not mentioned in Le patrimoine des communes du Finistère (1998) -the text describes the baldaquin instead-, the illustration does show the baptismal font as well: a late-design rounded basin in glossy pink marble (though the source says granite) with a low dome copper cover of the type one would expect to find at Chez Pierre over a dish of "cailles en sarcophage". The baldaquin itself is a hexagonal construction with a low railing -about 90 cm tall- on which rest the six columns that support the kiosk-like canopy. Like the font itself, the columns appear to be marble (though the source says granite). The same source [cf. supra] informs of the inscription on the baldaquin: "Noble et vénérable Louis de Crésolles recteur de cette paroisse l[']an 1667. Faict par nous Y. Bouchis et Y. Kerfourn lors fabriques F. Tanguy et F. Riouall".

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble (pink)? or granite?
Font Shape: pedestal font
Basin Exterior Shape: oval?

REFERENCES

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