Bazouges (Mayenne)

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design element - motifs - moulding
design element - motifs - roll moulding
view of church exterior
INFORMATION
FontID: 08654BAZ
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Martin
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Church Location: place de l'église Saint-Martin, Bazouges, 53200 Château-Gontier, France
02 43 70 42 74
Country Name: France
Location: Mayenne, Pays de la Loire
Directions to Site: Located at the D22-D22E crossroads, E of Craon, in the canton and arrondissement de Château-Gontier
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Laval
Historical Region: La Mayenne angevine, Haut-Anjou
Font Location in Church: In the Chapelle de l'ange gardien
Century and Period: 17th century,
Cognate Fonts: Similar to the one at nearby Château-Gontier
Church Notes: original church 11thC;
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Described and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes de la Mayenne (2002, v. 1: 207): baptismal font of the 17th century made of black marble; it consists of an oval basin, plain except for a roll moulding at the upper rim; the interior of the basin is divided into four compartments, two round and two rectangular, a common pattern in French fonts of this period; the base is a square pedestal of the baluster type. The flat wooden cover is identified in the same source as modern, dated to 1987. This same source states that this font is similar to the one at nearby Château-Gontier, Église de la Trinité. [Flohic ref. no. 53060378]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, marble (black)
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: oval (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: 2 round & 2 square
Basin Exterior Shape: oval
Diameter (includes rim): 69 x 95 cm (oval)
Font Height (less Plinth): 97 cm
Notes on Measurements: Le patrimoine des communes de la Mayenne (2002, v. 1: 207)
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern: 1987
Material:
wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: has two small metal handles at the top
REFERENCES
Le patrimoine des communes de la Mayenne (2 vols.), Paris: FLOHIC, 2002