Authon-la-Plaine

Results: 3 records

B01: design element - motifs - garland

all around, deeply carved
Scene Description: all around, deeply carved

BBL01: design element - motifs - roll moulding - parallel - 2

below the garland
Scene Description: below the garland

LB01: design element - motifs - ball?

there appear to be a dall motif at each angle of the lower base
Scene Description: there appear to be a dall motif at each angle of the lower base

INFORMATION

FontID: 07672AUT
Object Type: Stoup
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Aubin
Church Patron Saints: St. Albinus of Angers [aka Aubin]
Country Name: France
Location: Essonne, Île-de-France
Directions to Site: Located in the canton de Dourdan, arrondissement d'Étampes
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 16th century
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in the Patrimoine des communes... l'Essonne (2002, v. 1: 205) as a hexagonal mounted holy-water stoup of the 16th century; the basin is ornamented with a deeply carved garland all around; below it, two roll mouldings; the pedestal of the base is also hexagonal but ends in a square lower base with ornamentation (ball?) at the angles. The same source reports traces of paint still visible on the base. There is visible damage on at least one of the sides of the basin, towards the top. [Flohic ref.: 91080106]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: hexagonal (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: hexagonal

REFERENCES

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