Azerables

INFORMATION

FontID: 17084AZE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Georges
Church Patron Saints: St. George
Country Name: France
Location: Creuse, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Directions to Site: Located 15km N of La Souterraine; arrondissement de Guéret, canton La Souterraine
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 17th - 18th century
Font Notes:
Recorded in PALISSY Référence : IM23001038: baptismal font in granite dated probably to the 17th or 18th century; plain round tapering basin; installed in the church at the time of the restoration of the building after 1964; on a quadrangular cement base; upper rim of the basin shows traces of the metal staples of the cover, but the cover itself reported missing.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: round
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 109 cm*
Basin Total Height: 50 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [PALISSY Référence : IM23001038]

LID INFORMATION

Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Palissy (France, Ministère de la culture), France, Ministère de la culture. Accessed: 2010-11-18 00:00:00. URL: http://www.culture.fr/public/mistral/palissy.