Bazouge-des-Alleux No. 1 / La Bazouge-des-Alleux

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LB01: design element - motifs - moulding
R01: design element - motifs - moulding
INFORMATION
FontID: 08771BAZ
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Julien
Church Patron Saints: St. Julian
Country Name: France
Location: Mayenne, Pays de la Loire
Directions to Site: Located in the canton de Mayenne, arrondissement de Mayenne
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, to one side of the entrance
Century and Period: 17th century,
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Described and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes de la Mayenne (2002, v. 2: 684): baptismal font of the 17th century consisting of a roughly hemispherical shallow basin, plain except for a moulding at upper rim, and a square pedestal base of the baluster type; the stone is identified as "marbre gris veiné de Louverné". Low dome made of copper and provided with two handles near the top. [cf. Index entry for Bazouge-des-Alleux No. 2 for a holy-water stoup of about the same period in this church] [Flohic ref. no. 53190404]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, marble (grey) (marbre gris veiné de Louverné)
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: unknown
Material:
metal,
copper
Apparatus: no
Notes: low dome
REFERENCES
Le patrimoine des communes de la Mayenne (2 vols.), Paris: FLOHIC, 2002