Echarcon / Écharcon

Results: 4 records

B01: coat of arms - unidentified

Scene Description: appears to include an anchor and a rampant animal

B02: design element - patterns - ribbed

Scene Description: very broad ribs; all around except where covered by the shield

BBU01: design element - motifs - rope moulding

Scene Description: highly stylised, with rosettes intercalated

BBU02: design element - motifs - floral - rosette

Scene Description: several (?), intercalated in the upper basin side motif

INFORMATION

FontID: 07679ECH
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Martin
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Country Name: France
Location: Essonne, Île-de-France
Directions to Site: Located in the canton de Mennecy
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 17th century,
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Described and illustrated in the Patrimoine des communes... l'Essonne (2002, v. 2: 604) as a baptismal font of the 17th century; the hemispherical basin has a narrow band of stylised rope motif at the upper side, just under the rim; the pattern breaks in four ?) places where rosettes are intercalated; the sides and underbowl are ornamented with very broad ribbed pattern, but the front has an ornated shield bearing a coat-of-arms that appears to include an anchor and a rampant animal. The short cylindrical pedestal base is ornamented with vertical mouldings. The wooden cover has two doors hinged at opposite ends and provided with fleur-de-lys metal handles; these doors open to give access to the double-basin well [Flohic ref.: 91210608]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

LID INFORMATION

Date: unknown
Material: wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. Font notes]

REFERENCES

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