Chapelle sur Loire / La Chapelle-sur-Loire
Results: 2 records
B01: design element - patterns - ribbed
Scene Description: all around the basin and underbowl sides
CR01: design element - motifs - roll moulding
Scene Description: at the top end of the base
INFORMATION
FontID: 06169CHA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Martin
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Country Name: France
Location: Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire
Directions to Site: Located in the canton de Bourgueil, arrondissement de Chinon
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 17th century
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes d'Indre-et-Loire (2001, v. 1: 264) as an oval mounted baptismal font of the 17th century made of marble; the inner side of the basin has three wells: the two for the water and the added one for the holy oils, etc. The outer sides are ornamented with ribbed pattern. The base is vase-shaped and plain except for a roll moulding at the upper end Plain flat wooden cover.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: oval (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round (basin1 and basin2) (with rectangular added well)
Basin Exterior Shape: oval
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: flat plain lid
REFERENCES
Le Patrimoine des communes d'Indre-et-Loire, Paris: FLOHIC, 2001