Challans

INFORMATION

FontID: 05583CHA
Museum and Inventory Number: In the Société d'Histoire et d'Études du Pays challandais
Church/Chapel: Ancienne église Notre-Dame [now at the Société d'Histoire et d'Études du Pays challandais]
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: France
Location: Vendée, Pays de la Loire
Directions to Site: Located in the canton de Challans, arrondissement des Sables-d'Olonne
Font Location in Church: [in a museum]
Century and Period: 12th century, Romanesque
Described and illustrated in Le Patrimoine... de la Vendée (2001, v. 1: 94) as a Romanesque holy-water stoup originally from the ancienne église Notre-Dame; it was recovered by M. l'abbé Charles Grelier, from whom is past on to Mme. Vincendeau; the latter donated it to the Société d'Histoire et d'Études du Pays challandais in 1992 or 1993. The base-less granit basin is rounded with three corner protrusions and resembles a mortar.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: cylindrical (unmounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Notes on Measurements: "18 x 18 x 15 cm" ( Le Patrimoine... de la Vendée (2001, v. 1: 94))

REFERENCES

Le Patrimoine des communes de la Vendée, Paris: FLOHIC, 2001