Alluets-le-Roi

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design element - motifs - foliage

Scene Description: BU01

INFORMATION

FontID: 04725ALL
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Nicolas
Church Patron Saints: St. Nicholas of Myra
Country Name: France
Location: Yvelines, Île-de-France
Directions to Site: Located in the canton de Poissy, arrondissement de Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Century and Period: 13th century, Gothic
Described and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes des Yvelines (2000) as a 13th-century oval baptismal font ["en forme d'amande"] of the type very popular in this area of France. This one has a thin band of foliage ornamentation all around the upper part of the basin side. The underbowl is slightly rounded and the pedestal of the base, also oval, is about 2/3 the size of the basin.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: oval (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: oval
Basin Exterior Shape: oval

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Material: wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: plain flat wooden lid

REFERENCES

Le Patrimoine des communes des Yvelines [2 vols.], Paris: FLOHIC, 2000