Bernardswiller / Batschwiller

INFORMATION

FontID: 17091BER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale de la-Bienheureuse-Vierge-Marie
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin [some sources have the Assumption of St. Mary]
Country Name: France
Location: Bas-Rhin, Grand Est
Directions to Site: Located in the arrondissement Sélestat-Erste, canton Obernai [Coordinates: 48° 27′ 15″ N, 7° 27′ 55″ E 48.454167, 7.465278]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: 1724
Century and Period: 18th century (early)
Font Notes:
Recorded in PALISSY [Référence : IM67001443] as a baptismal font of 1724, an octagonal basin on a pedestal base of the same shape, both sandstone. [NB: the original fabric of the church dates from the late 15th century, but we have no information of the earlier font]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Diameter (includes rim): 82.5 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 95 cm*

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.