Glomel No. 2

INFORMATION

FontID: 18361GLO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Chapelle Saint-Michel de Glomel / Sant-Mikael-Groñvel
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael
Country Name: France
Location: Côtes-d'Armor, Bretagne
Directions to Site: Located in the canton Rostrenen, arrondissement Guingamp, close to the departmental border with Morbihan
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Quimper
Font Location in Church: Inside the chapel
Century and Period: 16th century, Late Gothic? / Renaissance?
Workshop/Group/Artisan: double font
Font Notes:
Listed in Palissy [ref.: IM22001194] as a baptismal font of the 16th century of the double-font type and made of granite; the main basin is round-to-octagonal, raised on an octagonal shaft; the secondary basin has a drain, and is raised on a round shaft with moulded lower base.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: round-to-octagonal (mounted) [B1] -- round (mounted [B2]
Basin Exterior Shape: round-to-octagonal [B1] -- round [B2]
Diameter (includes rim): 70 cm* [B1]
Font Height (less Plinth): 100 cm* [B1]
Notes on Measurements: * [Palissy [ref.: IM22001194]]