Maasland No. 1

INFORMATION

Font ID: 10356MAA
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century
Museum: Museum Begijnhofkerk, Foto ens. A 34409 (1942)
Church / Chapel Name: [unknown]
Font Location in Church: [Museum Begijnhofkerk]
Site Location: Zuid-Holland, Netherlands, Europe
Directions to Site: Maasland is located 11-12 km W of Rotterdam
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]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Anna Slawek for bringing this object to our attention

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, p. 171 and pl. 64-420