Huille / Huillé

INFORMATION

FontID: 06187HOU
Object Type: Stoup (fragment)
Church/Chapel: Ancienne chapelle Sainte-Catherine [disappeared]
Church Patron Saints: St. Catherine of Alexandria [aka Katherine, Katharine]
Country Name: France
Location: Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire
Directions to Site: Located in the canton de Durtal, arrondissement d'Angers
Font Location in Church: Now located at 22, rue Pierre-Le-Loyer, Huillé
Century and Period: 16th century
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes de Maine-et-Loire (2001, v. 1: 603) as a the bottom fragment of a 16th-century holy-water stoup, the only vestige of the now disappeared chapel of Sainte-Catherine. According to this same source, the fragment was found in a private garden near the road Huillé to Baracé.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble
Number of Pieces: one [fragment]
Font Shape: hemispheric?
Basin Interior Shape: round?
Basin Exterior Shape: round?
Diameter (includes rim): 29 cm [fragment]
Basin Total Height: 17 cm [fragment]
Notes on Measurements: Measurements of the surviving fragment (Le patrimoine des communes de Maine-et-Loire (2001, v. 1: 603))

REFERENCES

Le Patrimoine des communes de Maine-et-Loire, Paris: FLOHIC, 2001