Cresserons

Results: 2 records

BU01: design element - patterns - ribbed

Scene Description: thick ribs

LB01: design element - patterns - ribbed

Scene Description: short ones, around the top and bottom of the round centre stem

INFORMATION

FontID: 06211CRE
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Jacques
Church Patron Saints: St. James
Country Name: France
Location: Calvados, Normandie
Directions to Site: Located in the canton de Douvres-la-Délivrande, arrondissement de Caen
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 17th century,
Described and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes de Calvados (2001, v. 1: 564) as a 17th century baptismal font of the late type resembling a garden ornament; the basin is wide and shallow, its underbowl ornamented with ribbed motif; vase-shaped pedestal base. also decorated with similar ribbed patternl lower base is square. Flat plain wooden lid is modern.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Material: wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: flat and plain

REFERENCES

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