Ablon

Noted in Joanne (1864) as a baptismal font of the late-12th century. Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM14000001] with date in the 12th century. Described and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes de Calvados (2001, v. 2: 913) as a tub-shaped baptismal font mounted on a very shot and slightly wider base; a flat moulding at the upper basin side rests on four low-relief columns; there is a pattern of incised intersecting concentric circles all around, even over the four ornamental columns. The flat wooden lid appears old. This source cited Arcisse Caumont's reference to the font in his Statistique monumentale, where it appears without dating. It is probably dated to the late 12th or early 13th century, and similar in general shape to other fonts in the area [e.g.: the font at Genneville, in the same canton]