Bollendorf No. 2
Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2010
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 October 2010 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
Font ID: 17043BOL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1838-1839?
Font Century and Period/Style: 19th century, Modern
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
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font consisting of an octagonal basin raised on a pedestal base made of four scrolled ribs arranged in cross form; the lower part of the font is sunk in the flooring, but the space is open; the font is brightly painted in bright colours, the motifs in gold. Low-dome metal cover with orb-and-Latin-cross finial/handle.
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
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: metal, brass?
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]