Louches No. 2 / Lotersa / Lotese / Lotesse / Lotisa / Lots

INFORMATION

Font ID: 10123LOU
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic stoup
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Omer
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the nave, W end
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Omer [aka Audomar, Audomarus, Odemaars]
Church Address: Le Bourg, 62610 Louches, France
Site Location: Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D224, between the D943 (N) and the D225 (S), 5 km SE of Ardres, about 35 km NE of Boulogne-s-Mer, SE of Calais
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese d'Arras
Historical Region: Pays d'Opale
Font Notes:
Listed and illustrated in Palissy [ref.: PM62001007] as a holy-water stoup of the 17th century made of marble and decorated with heraldic devices on the stem; the basin is round, with a broad scotia around the sides; the slender pedestal base is also round and has a moulded lower base with a thin octagonal plinth. [cf. Index entry for Louches No. 1 for a medieval baptismal font in the same church]

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 428566 5632695
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.841544, 1.985428
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 50′ 29.56″ N, 1° 59′ 7.54″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble [basin and lower base only]
Font Shape: round, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round