Bailly-le-Franc / Bailly-le-Frand

Baptismal font of limestone consisting of a plain square basin with a round inner well, raised on a plain square pedestal base. Although some local sources have dated this stone font to the 12th century, as was its original listing, the Palissy 2003 entry [ref.: IM10002720] notes that the tool used to carve the stone was a 'boucharde' or 'Stockhammer', aka 'Spitzhammer', which would date the font much later than originally assessed ["Cette oeuvre a été classée comme étant du 12e siècle mais l'outil utilisé pour tailler la pierre, une boucharde, ferait remonter sa création à une date bien plus récente. Repéré par Mgr Marsat"] [NB: is it possible that the old font was re-tooled at a later date?]. Illustrated in Mémoire [ref.: OA010_031002252]. Two digital photographs in Wikimedia 1) 20 June 2024 by Renhour48 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bailly-le-Franc_-_Eglise_-_Cuve_baptismale.jpg] and 2) 3 June 2023 by GO69 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bailly-le-Franc_(10)_Église_de_l'Exaltation-de-la-Sainte-Croix_-_Intérieur_-_07.jpg] [accesed 10 August 2025] show the extent of damage affecting this font.