Sart-Dames-Avelines / El Saut

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 09543SAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Nicolas de Sart-Dames-Avelines
Font Location in Church: Inside the new 19th-century church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Nicholas of Myra
Church Address: Rue Ernest Deltenre 30, 1495 Villers-la-Ville, Belgium
Site Location: Brabant Wallon / Wallon Brabant, Wallonie / Wallonne, Belgium, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the N93, in the municipality and 2-3 km NE of Villers-la-Ville, about 20 km N of Charleroi
Historical Region: Brabant
Additional Comments: recycled font / repurposed font: 16th-century, used in a 19th-century church
Font Notes:
Baptismal font of the 16th century, the basin decorated with foliage and floral motifs between the parallel mouldings; now used in the new 19th-century church. Listed and illustrated in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10000913] [accessed 9 August 2025]: "fonts baptismaux [...] pierre de taille [...] Date: 1500 - 1599".

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 604625 5602175
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.562128, 4.477208
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 33′ 43.66″ N, 4° 28′ 37.95″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: lead-lined

REFERENCES

  • KIK-IRPA, BALaT KIK-IRPA, 2024. URL: https://balat.kikirpa.be/.