Saint-Sornin No. 3

INFORMATION

FontID: 05106SOR

Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Saturnin-et-Saint-Jacques

Church Patron Saints: St. Saturninus & St. James

Country Name: France

Location: Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Directions to Site: In the canton de Montet, arrondissement de Moulins

Font Location in Church: West side, north side

Century and Period: 16th - 17th century,

Church Notes: This church has a corbel shaped as a three-face head [cf. Images area]

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

On-site notes: an octagonal pedestal holy-water stoup, plain but for two roll mouldings which divide basin from base; shallow basin well (only 10 cm deep).

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone?

Number of Pieces: one

Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

Rim Thickness: 7 cm

Diameter (inside rim): 28 cm

Basin Depth: 10 cm

Height of Basin Side: 18 cm

Basin Total Height: 18 cm

Height of Base: 76 cm

Font Height (less Plinth): 94 cm

Notes on Measurements: BSI