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

INFORMATION

FontID: 10123LOU

Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Omer

Church Patron Saints: St. Omer [aka Audomar, Audomarus, Odemaars]

Church Location: Le Bourg, 62610 Louches, France

Country Name: France

Location: Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France

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 Location in Church: Inside the church, in the nave, W end

Century and Period: 17th century,

Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic stoup

Font Notes: Click to view 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

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.841544, 1.985428

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 50′ 29.56″ N, 1° 59′ 7.54″ E

UTM: 31U 428566 5632695

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble [basin and lower base only]

Font Shape: round (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round