Taule / Taulé

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B01: coat of arms - Kergroadès

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

INFORMATION

FontID: 04696TAU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Pierre [orig. from the old church]
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Country Name: France
Location: Finistère, Bretagne
Directions to Site: Located in the canton de Taulé, arrondissement de Morlaix
Date: 1657
Century and Period: 17th century(mid)
Workshop/Group/Artisan: double font
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.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

LID INFORMATION

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

REFERENCES

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