Gometz-le-Chatel / Gometz-le-Châtel

Results: 3 records

B01: design element - patterns - ribbed

Scene Description: all around

BBU01: design element - motifs - ring handle - 2

Scene Description: at opposite ends of the basin sides, sculpted

LB01: design element - motifs - foliage

Scene Description: water-leaf capital serving as base

INFORMATION

FontID: 07678GOM
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Clair
Church Patron Saints: St. Clair
Country Name: France
Location: Essonne, Île-de-France
Directions to Site: Located in the canton de Limours, arrondissement de Palaisseau
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 17th century[basin only] [composite font],
Described and illustrated in the Patrimoine des communes... l'Essonne (2002, v. 2: 538) as a composite baptismal font; the hemispheric basin is ornamented with sculpted rngs at opposite ends of the upper basin sides, the rest covered in ribbed pattern; the source mentions traces of red paint on the basin and dates the piece to the 17th century; wooden cover hinged in the middle. The base is an up-turned water-leaf capital of an earlier date. [Flohic ref.: 91180703]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Font Height (less Plinth): 90 cm
Notes on Measurements: Patrimoine des communes... l'Essonne (2002, v. 2: 538)

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Material: wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: hinged in the middle

REFERENCES

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