San Andres nr. Valverde No. 2

INFORMATION

FontID: 18412AND
Church/Chapel: Iglesia [antigua Ermita] de San Andrés
Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew
Church Location: C/ Iglesia de San Andrés, 2, El Hierro, Canarias -- Tel.: +34 922 551 451
Country Name: Spain
Location: Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canarias
Directions to Site: San Andrés is a hamlet in the municipality of Valverde, on the island of El Hierro
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de San Cristóbal de La Laguna [aka Diócesis de Tenerife]
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 17th century,
Workshop/Group/Artisan: wooden stoup
Avila (2012) notes the inventory of 1719 lists a "pila de agua bendita de madera" [wooden holy-water stoup] in this church/chapel, and it probably survived in use well into the 20th century, when it was replaced by a gift stoup from Valverde; the wooden stoup was discarded and ended as a trough in a nearby pigsty.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: wood

REFERENCES

Avila, Ana, Isla de El Hierro: Patrimonio artístico religioso, Madrid: Ediciones del Umbral, 2012