Esch-sur-Sure / Esch am Lach / Esch-Sauer / Esch-sur-Sûre
Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2010
Standing permission
Results: 4 records
view of font and cover in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 October 2010 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
design element - patterns - fluted or ribbed
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 October 2010 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of church exterior in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © -wuppertaler, 2016
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 18 July 2016 by -wuppertaler [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LUX_Esch-Sauer_038_2016_-_Kirche.jpg] [accessed 2 November 2019]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
view of church interior - looking west
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Marc Ryckaert, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 April 2015 by Marc Ryckaert [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Esch-sur-Sûre_Church_R04.jpg] [accessed 2 November 2019]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
INFORMATION
Font ID: 17041ESC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th - 18th century
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale de la Nativité de la bienheureuse Vierge Marie
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): The Nativity of St. Mary
Church Notes: present church is mid-18thC re-building of an earlier building; tower added early-19thC
Church Address: rue de l'Eglise, 9650 Esch-sur-Sûre, Luxembourg
Site Location: Wiltz, Diekirch, Luxembourg, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off road 316, W of highway 12, in canton Wiltz, in one of the loops of the Sûre river, 5-6 km S of Wiltz, 20-25 km NNW of Luxembourg
Historical Region: Luxembourgian Ardennes
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font consisting of a small round basin decorated with fluting or ribbed pattern all around, raised on a slender polygonal pedestal base with two mouldings. The metal [brass?] cover is dome-shaped, also ribbed and topped with an orb-and-cross finial; clasp locks to metal staple anchored on the basin side.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photograph of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 710703 5532886
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 49.91118, 5.93484
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 49° 54′ 40.25″ N, 5° 56′ 5.42″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: round, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Material: brass?
Apparatus: no