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view of base

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view of basin

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view of font and cover

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INFORMATION

FontID: 13853MES
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Sébastien
Church Patron Saints: St. Sebastian
Country Name: France
Location: Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire
Directions to Site: Located off the A10, 3 km from Beaugency (dir. Orleans)
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 18th century,
Illustrated in Objectifs patrimoine (2008). Elegant marble piece consisting of a round basin decorated with protruding lip at the upper rim, then stylised ribbing on the underbowl; these ribs project downwards as fluting on the circular stem; moulded lower base. The wooden cover is flat but carved around the edge; it is hinged in the middle [does it open to a pair on inner wells?]; it has double lids and the well is lined.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

LID INFORMATION

Date: 18th-century?
Material: wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

Objectifs patrimoines: 35 ans de photographie à l'Inventaire général du Centre, Lyon: Lieux dits, 2008