Carmona No. 1

INFORMATION

FontID: 12263CAR

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Casa Palacio de los Quintanillas / Palacio del Marques de las Torres [original church unlknown]

Country Name: Spain

Location: Sevilla, Andalucía

Directions to Site: Located on Calle S. Ildefonso No.1

Century and Period: 15th century (late?), Hispano-Moresque / Mudéjar

Workshop/Group/Artisan: Hispano-Moresque font

Cognate Fonts: other such fonts exported from Seville to the Canary Islands; another such, of the 16th century, in San Pedro, also in Carmona

Font Notes: Click to view

15th-century baptismal font of glazed earthenware located now [October 2006] in the Casa-Palacio Marques de las Torres, also known as Palacio de los Quintanillas [source: www.portalmw.com/viajes/pueblos/anadlucia/carmona.php] [accessed 9 October 2006] [NB: this 'palacio' is located near the church of Santa Maria la Mayor, a 15th-century church -- could the font be originally from it? or from one of the other churches of the period in this town?]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: ceramic