Chavagnes-en-Paillers No. 2

INFORMATION

FontID: 05597CHA
Object Type: Stoup
Church/Chapel: [not in a church - originally from a private chapel]
Country Name: France
Location: Vendée, Pays de la Loire
Directions to Site: Located in the canton des Saint-Fulgent, arrondissement des Sables-d'Olonne
Font Location in Church: Located in the "Ferme de Preuilly" [a farm]
Century and Period: 11th - 12th century, Romanesque
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Le Patrimoine... de la Vendée (2001, v. 2: 971) as a monolithic granite holy-water stoup of the 11th or 12th century; it is roughly octagonal, both inside and out, with very thick walls, and totally plain. It is said to have been the stoup of the private chapel of the seigneurs de Preuilly, a local fiefdom; the chapel was destroyed during the Revolution (ibid.)

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: octagonal (unmounted)
Basin Interior Shape: octagonal
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

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