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Baptismal font of stone [no date given] listed in Palissy [ref.: PM91001463]: "Fonts baptismaux [...] pierre : taillé [...] en forme de navette, accolée d'un côté à une colonne. Décor : 1 blason de chaque côté de la navette, et 10 petits blasons à l'intérieur." Described and illustrated in the Patrimoine des communes... l'Essonne (2002, v. 1: 437) as a tub-shaped baptismal font of the 17th century, one of its sides attached to a column stump of the same height as the font; the lower part of the font widens slightly; there is are two shields [coats-of-arms unidentified] ornamenting the upper basin side, one to each side, while the inside of the basin well has ten shields ornamenting the interior; the latter are smaller and also not identified. [Flohic ref.: 91141004].