Ferce-sur-Sarthe / Fercé-sur-Sarthe

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LB01: inscription

Scene Description: dates the base to 1697

INFORMATION

FontID: 06123FER
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Sainte-Anne
Church Patron Saints: St. Anne
Country Name: France
Location: Sarthe, Pays de la Loire
Directions to Site: Located in the canton de La Suze-sur-Sarthe, arrondissement du Mans
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 16th century[basin] -- 17th century[base] [composite font],
Workshop/Group/Artisan: double font
Described and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes de la Sarthe (2001, v. 2: 1549) as a rectangular basin with plain vertical sides; the inner well, also rectangular is divided into two compartments of approximately the same size by a plate of the same material as the rest of the basin, dark-grey slate. This same source suggests that the limestone base, dated by an inscription to 1697, belonged to a different and later font. This base is also rectangular but with delineated volumes for main and secondary bodies; the inscription [not legible in the source] appears around the upper base side between two mouldings.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, slate (basin) - limestone (base)
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: rectangular (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: square (both basins)
Basin Exterior Shape: rectangular

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Notes: the date 1697 corresponds to the limestone base, but not to the slate basin
Inscription Location: on the side of the base
Inscription Text: [not available - contains the date 1697]
Inscription Source: Le patrimoine des communes de la Sarthe (2001, v. 2: 1549)

REFERENCES

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