Conde-sur-Seulles / Condé-sur-Seulles

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B01: design element - motifs - foliage

Scene Description: all around the basin and underbowl sides

INFORMATION

FontID: 06197CON
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Notre-Dame
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: France
Location: Calvados, Normandie
Directions to Site: Located in the canton de Balleroy, arrondissement de Bayeux
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, by the entrance
Century and Period: 17th century,
Described and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes de Calvados (2001, v. 1: 97) as a baptismal font of the 17th century; the basin is hemispheric and ornamented with foliage motif; the base is octagonal and plain except for a couple of thin mouldings. The modern low pyramidal cover looks like an umbrella and has a corss finial.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: round

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Material: wood?,
Apparatus: no
Notes: flat low-pyramidal cover; appears to be wood

REFERENCES

Le Patrimoine des communes du Calvados, Paris: FLOHIC, 2001