Bouvy / El Lovire / La Louvière-Bouvy
INFORMATION
Font ID: 09568BOU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, basin only
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century, Renaissance
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Antoine de Padoue à Bouvy
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Anthony of Padova
Previous Font Location(s): may have been originally from the church of St. Martin in nearby Ath
Church Notes: church built 1903
Church Address: place René Pêtre 7 7100 La Louvière-Bouvy, Belgium
Site Location: Hainaut / Henegouwen, Wallonie / Wallonne, Belgium, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the A501, about 15 km ENE of Mons
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Tournai
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font in the Renaissance style listed and illustrated in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10037045] [accessed 10 August 2025]: "font baptismaux [...] Date: 1601 (ca) - 1700 (ca) [...] marbre [...] hauteur: 118 cm"; the entry lists also the moulded dome cover made of brass in 1900.
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 584297 5592429
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Font Height (less Plinth): 118 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * BALaT KIK-IRPA [cf. FontNotes]
LID INFORMATION
Date: 1900
Material: metal, brass
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- KIK-IRPA, BALaT KIK-IRPA, 2024. URL: https://balat.kikirpa.be/.