Ollur

INFORMATION

FontID: 15965OLL
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Anthony
Church Patron Saints: St. Anthony the Great [aka Antony the Great, Anthony the Abbot, Anthony of the Desert, Anthony the Anchorite, Anthony of Thebes]
Country Name: India
Location: Thrissur, Kerala
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 16th - 17th century, Indo-Portuguese
Carita (2009) notes a baptismal font of the 16th-17th century Indo-Portuguese period/style; like the ones at Kanjoor and Kadduthuruthy, in the same region, it consists of a hemispherical basin raised on a pedestal base and decorated with Hindu-inspired ornamentation.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

Carita, Helder, Indo-Portuguese architecture in Cochin and Kerala, New Delhi: Transbooks.com, 2009