Eclaron No. 1

INFORMATION

FontID: 10114ECL
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Laurent
Church Patron Saints: St. Lawrence [aka Laurence]
Country Name: France
Location: Haute-Marne, Grand-Est
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: 1614
Century and Period: 17th century(early),
Baptismal font installed in the church in 1614 in the time of Edme Thomas, parish priest at Eclaron, and payed in part by his brother Pierre Thomas, who had been himself parish priest of the same church from 1597 to 1611 [source: Bernard Aubépart, curé d'Eclaron 1995, reproduced in www.eclaron.net/eglise.htm]. [cf. Index entry for Eclaron No. 2 for a holy-water stoup listed for this same church]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone