Ile-d'Olonne / L'Île-d'Olonne

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B01: inscription

Scene Description: date: 1665

INFORMATION

FontID: 05594ILE
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Martin-de-Vertou
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Country Name: France
Location: Vendée, Pays de la Loire
Directions to Site: Located in the canton des Sables-d'Olonne, arrondissement des Sables-d'Olonne
Font Location in Church: To the left of the choir [formerly in the courtyard of the boys' school]
Date: 1665
Century and Period: 17th century(mid),
Described and illustrated in Le Patrimoine... de la Vendée (2001, v. 2: 924) as an octagonal mounted granite font or stoup dated by an inscription to 1665; in 1902 it had been removed from the church and installed as a hand-basin in the courtyard of the boys' school; in 1970 it was taken back to the church, mounted on an octagonal pedestal and installed to the left of the choir.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Number of Pieces: two [modern base]
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: numbers
Inscription Location: on one of the basin sides
Inscription Text: "1665"
Inscription Source: Le Patrimoine... de la Vendée (2001, v. 2: 924)

REFERENCES

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