Treguier No. 2 / Tréguier

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angel - cherub
design element - architectural - buttress?
design element - motifs - moulding
design element - motifs - roll moulding
design element - motifs - unidentified
human figure - with garland? - putti?
INFORMATION
FontID: 12002TRE
Object Type: Stoup
Church/Chapel: Cathédrale Saint-Tugdual de Tréguier (RC)
Church Patron Saints: St. Tugdual [aka Pabu, Tudal, Tudec, Tudius, Tudwal, Tudy, Tugal, Tutual, Tutuam, Uda]
Country Name: France
Location: Côtes-d'Armor, Bretagne
Directions to Site: Located 53 kms E of Morlaix
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Saint-Brieuc [Saint-Brieuc-Tréguier] [formerly Bishopric of Tréguier]
Historical Region: formerly Côtes-du-Nord
Font Location in Church: Outside the church
Century and Period: 17th - 18th century, Baroque
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Gerald Duke, of www.martinstown.co.uk, for his photographs of this stoup
Font Notes:
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Holy-water stoup consisting of a roughly hemisperical basin with large cherub heads and other smaller motifs on the sides, below a moulded upper rim; pedestal base of the baluster-type but decorated with putti (?) holding garland (?); lower base is round and moulded at the top, octagonal and with buttresses below [cf. Index entry fror Treguier No. 1 for a Gothic baptismal font and two undated stoups inside this church].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 47′ 16.12″ N, 3° 13′ 50.99″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round