Saint-Jean-des-Echelles / St-Jean-des-Échelles

INFORMATION

FontID: 06120ECH
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Jean-Baptiste
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Country Name: France
Location: Sarthe, Pays de la Loire
Directions to Site: Located in the canton de Montmirail, arrondissement de Mamers
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 17th century,
Described and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes de la Sarthe (2001, v. 2: 1258) as an oval mounted baptismal font in black marble dated from the 17th century; the upper basin sides are decorated with a scotia all around and two handle-like ornaments, one at each of the narrow sides. The pedestal base is a round pedestal with a roll moulding towards the top; it is now raised on a round plinth with arcaded legs, of a lighter material and probably from a different period.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble (black)
Font Shape: oval (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: oval
Diameter (includes rim): 90 x 58 cm
Notes on Measurements: Le patrimoine des communes de la Sarthe (2001, v. 2: 1258)

LID INFORMATION

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

REFERENCES

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