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LID01: symbol - shell

a/p description and illustration in Le patrimoine des communes du Finistère (1998)
Scene Description: a/p description and illustration in Le patrimoine des communes du Finistère (1998)

INFORMATION

FontID: 04689PLO
Object Type: Stoup
Church/Chapel: Chapelle Saint-André
Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew
Country Name: France
Location: Finistère, Bretagne
Directions to Site: Located in the canton de Pont-Croix, arrondissement de Quimper
Font Location in Church: Wall-mounted
Date: 1626
Century and Period: 17th century
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes du Finistère (1998) as a 17th-century granite holy-water stoup; the basin is hemispherical and has roll mouldings on the sides, with a knob-like protrusion at the bottom. The stone on the wall which serves as back-drop has an inscription (?) with the date 1626; a shell motif is located right at the basin level.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: numbers
Inscription Notes: There appears to be traces of a faint text above the date
Inscription Location: on the wall
Inscription Text: "1626"
Inscription Source: Le patrimoine des communes du Finistère (1998

REFERENCES

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