Arpajon No. 2

INFORMATION

FontID: 07665ARP
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Clément
Church Patron Saints: St. Clement
Country Name: France
Location: Essonne, Île-de-France
Directions to Site: Located in the canton d'Arpajon, arrondissement de Palaiseau
Font Location in Church: Inside the church; by a pillar of the entrance
Date: 1697?
Century and Period: 17th century(late?),
Cognate Fonts: an identical one on the other side of the entrance
Described in the Patrimoine des communes... l'Essonne (2002, v. 1: 39) as one of two red marble holy-water stoups that were probably donated, with the baptismal font, by M. Louis du Fossé, director of the hydraulic installation "La Samaritaine". [cf. Index entry for Arpajon No. 1 for the baptismal font -- No. 3 for the other stoup in the same church]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble (red)

REFERENCES

Le Patrimoine des communes de l'Essonne, Paris: FLOHIC, 2002