Epone / Épône
Results: 2 records
BU01: design element - motifs - leaf - oak
Scene Description: a/p description and illustration in Le patrimoine des communes des Yvelines (2000)
BU02: design element - motifs - leaf - chestnut
Scene Description: a/p description and illustration in Le patrimoine des communes des Yvelines (2000)
INFORMATION
FontID: 04711EPO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Béat
Church Patron Saints: St. Beat
Country Name: France
Location: Yvelines, Île-de-France
Directions to Site: Located in the canton de Guerville, arrondissement de Mantes-la-Jolie
Century and Period: 17th century
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes des Yvelines (2000) as an octagonal basin mounted on a square bulbous baluster-type stem and a square lower base. The underbowl and lower sides are ornamented with very large oak and chestnut leaves. The same source points out that the first Indian chestnut tree ["marronnier d'Inde"] was imported into France from Costantinople in 1615 by the botanist Bachelier (ibid., v. 1, p. 248). The basin has a low wooden pyramidal cover, octagonal in shape.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. Font notes]
REFERENCES
Le Patrimoine des communes des Yvelines [2 vols.], Paris: FLOHIC, 2000