Bollendorf No. 1
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 October 2010 by Colin Smith
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view of basin
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Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2010
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 27 October 2010 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
Font ID: 17042BOL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Date: ca. 1838-1839?
Font Century and Period/Style: 19th century, Modern
Workshop/Group/Artisan: double font
Cognate Fonts: French fonts of the 17th century, mainly in the northeast
Church / Chapel Name: Römisch-katholische Pfarrkirche Sankt Michael, Bollendorf
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael
Church Address: Kirchstraße 32, 54669 Bollendorf, Germany
Site Location: Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: Located in the Verbandsgemeinde Irrel, district Bitburg-Prüm, across the Sauer river from Luxembourg [Coordinates: 49° 51′ 11″ N, 6° 21′ 42″ E
49.853056, 6.361667]
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font consisting of two almost identical -but mirror-like- octagonal basins on octagonal pedestal bases; the basins are decorated with mouldings towards the top, and a foliage and beaded-tale combination on the lower sides and underbowl; raised on twin plain slender shafts. The inner wells of both basins are not exactly round but have an indentation that creates a gap between the basins and are both lined with metal [copper?]. [NB: the church of St. Michael has it labelled as a double font [="Doppeltaufstein"] even though it has the appearance of a double stoup -- the church has a second font: cf. Index entry for Bollendorf No. 2]]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photograph of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 32U 310354 5525632
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 49.853056, 6.361667
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 49° 51′ 11″ N, 6° 21′ 42″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: double-font, octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: other
Basin Exterior Shape: double basin, octagonal
Drainage Notes: metal-lined (both basins)