Taule / Taulé

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 04696TAU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1657
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(mid)
Workshop/Group/Artisan: double font
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Pierre [orig. from the old church]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Church Address: 29670 Taulé, France
Site Location: Finistère, Bretagne, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the D58, about 7 km NW of Morlaix city centre
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Quimper et Léon
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes du Finistère (1998) as a 17th-century baptismal font; the octagonal basin is quite wide at the top but has a tall pronounced graded chamfer which ends in a very narrow tip where it joins the small pedestal of the base, also octagonal; the basin has a large shield carved in high relief bearing the arms of the Kergroadès family. There is an auxiliary basin, also octagonal and very small, attached to the main basin and resting on its own octagonal base. The metal dome lid has an orb-and-cross finial. Unknown whether or not the date comes from an inscription.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 433737 5383827
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.604007, -3.898845
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 36′ 14.42″ N, 3° 53′ 55.84″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: double-font, octagonal, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: double basin, octagonal (both)

LID INFORMATION

Material: metal
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. Font notes]

REFERENCES

  • Le Patrimoine des communes du Finistère (2 vols.), Charenton-le-Pont: FLOHIC, 1998, vol. 2, p. 1553