Saint-Vrain Nr. 1 / St-Vrain

INFORMATION

FontID: 07670VRA
Church/Chapel: Eglise Sanit-Caprais
Church Patron Saints: St. Caprasius
Country Name: France
Location: Essonne, Île-de-France
Directions to Site: Located in the canton de Brétigny-sur-Orge, arrondissement de Palaiseau
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in a niche
Date: 1459
Century and Period: 15th century, Late Medieval
Described and illustrated in the Patrimoine des communes... l'Essonne (2002, v. 1: 152) as a baptismal font dated to 1459; the object appears mostly plain and consists of a roughly hemispherical basin mounted on a cylindrical stem and a circular lower base. [cf. Index entry for St-Vrain No. 1 for the holy-water stoup in this church] [Flohic ref.: 91040501]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: three?
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern?
Apparatus: no
Notes: flat lid with a knob finial or handle

REFERENCES

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