Cambron-Casteau
INFORMATION
Font ID: 10724CAM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th - 17th century, Late Gothic [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Vincent de Cambron-Casteau à Brugelette
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Vincent
Church Address: Place de Keyser, Cambron-Casteau, 7940 Brugelette, Belgium -- Tel.: +32 477 06 69 75
Site Location: Hainaut / Henegouwen, Wallonie / Wallonne, Belgium, Europe
Directions to Site: Located 2 km SE of Brugelette, 8-10 km SE og Ath
Additional Comments: composite font (base was originally the support of the pulpit) [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font of the 16th century [source: www.skene.be]. Listed and illustrated in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10010968] [accessed 18 August 2025]: "fonts baptismaux [...] pierre [...] fût: 16ème s.; cuve: 17ème s. [...] hauteur: 123 cm [...] fût placé autrefois sous la cuve de la chaire de vérité". [NB: interestingly the pedestal base was earlier the support of the pulpit; in many Protestant [Reformed] churches of Belgium and the Netherlands the opposite often occurs, i.e., that the font was re-purposed as base of the pulpit]. The metal font cover is listed and illustrated in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10010969] [accessed 18 August 2025]: "couvercle de fonts baptismaux [...] laiton [...] Date: 1910 - 1912 [...] hauteur: 53 cm".
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 562193 5604535
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.589175, 3.879421
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 35′ 21.03″ N, 3° 52′ 45.92″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Font Height (less Plinth): 123 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * BALaT KIK-IRPA [cf. FontNotes]
LID INFORMATION
Date: 1920-1912
Material: metal, brass
Apparatus: no
Notes: round dome with flat top and finial
REFERENCES
- KIK-IRPA, BALaT KIK-IRPA, 2024. URL: https://balat.kikirpa.be/.
- KIK-IRPA, BALaT KIK-IRPA, 2024. URL: https://balat.kikirpa.be/.