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
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
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
Font Notes:
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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