Maasland No. 1

INFORMATION

FontID: 10356MAA
Object Type: Stoup
Museum and Inventory Number: Museum Begijnhofkerk
Church/Chapel: [unknown]
Country Name: Netherlands
Location: Zuid-Holland
Directions to Site: Maasland is located 11-12 km W of Rotterdam
Font Location in Church: [Museum Begijnhofkerk]
Century and Period: 17th century
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Anna Slawek for bringing this object to our attention
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Ceulemans (1991): holy-water stoup of the 17th century consisting of an octagonal basin raised on a pedestal base; the basin has a tall prominent upper rim of plain vertical sides; below it the decorated sides are vertical with a rounding at the bottom to form the underbowl; the stem of the base is octagonal, with motifs; the lower base is tall and of octagonal-to-square shape. [cf. Index entry for Maasland No. 2 for a similar stoup in the same location]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Font Height (with Plinth): 112.5 cm
Notes on Measurements: Ceulemans (1991)

REFERENCES

Ceoulemans, Christina, Het Kunstpatrimonium van het O.C.M.W. van Tongeren, Brussel: Koningklijk Instituut voor het Kunstpatrimonium, 1991