Waldwisse

INFORMATION

FontID: 10128WAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Sainte-Catherine [originally from the old church]
Church Patron Saints: St. Catherine of Alexandria [aka Katherine, Katharine]
Country Name: France
Location: Moselle, Grand-Est
Directions to Site: Located on the D855, SW of Merzig, near the border with Luxembourg-Germany, about 50 km NNE of Metz
Font Location in Church: Inside the 19th-century church
Century and Period: 16th century
Font Notes:
Described in the Waldwisse web site [www.ac-nancy-metz.fr/pres-etab/col_sierck/[...]] as a stylised baptismal font of the 16th century located in this rather unique 19th-century church. The font was originally from the older church destroyed in the Thirty-Year War.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone