Saint-Jean-des-Mauvrets / St-Jean-des-Mauvrets

INFORMATION

FontID: 06190JEA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Jean Baptiste [orig. from the old church]
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Country Name: France
Location: Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire
Directions to Site: Located in the canton des Ponts-de-Cé, arrondissement d'Angers
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th century, Romanesque
Church Notes: The original church was demolished and the replacement inaugurated in 1862
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes de Maine-et-Loire (2001, v. 2: 980) as a cauldron-shaped baptismal font from the old demolished church; it has four large "lumps" [they are not heads] located at 90-degree angles of the upper basin sides, and is otherwise plain and unmounted.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: cauldron-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 90 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 90 cm
Notes on Measurements: Le patrimoine des communes de Maine-et-Loire (2001, v. 2: 980)

REFERENCES

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