Preyssac in Chateau-l'Eveque No. 2 / Château-l'Évêque / Preyssac-d'Agonac

Results: 4 records

design element - motifs - moulding - graded

design element - motifs - roll moulding

design element - motifs - roll moulding

view of font

INFORMATION

FontID: 18511PRE
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Jean-Baptiste [redundant since 1958]
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Country Name: France
Location: Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of Château-l'Évêque
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Périgueux et Sarlat
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 16th - 17th century[composite font?], Late Medieval / Baroque [composite]
The second object in this church consists of a tub-shaped basin with a large protruding round moulding at the upper rim, and a thinner roll moulding at the bottom of the underbowl; there is a small rectangular protrusion on one side of the upper rim, which may have been intended to serve as the place for the anchoring of the font cover hardware; the basin is raised on two cylindric blocks, the upper one of which appears to have remains of reddish paint on it; the lower base is round-to-square, with graded mouldings on the upper part. [NB: it is quite possible that this is composite object made of of unrelated parts; the shape of the basin indicates a late style, 16th-century or later, and needs to be examined for carving pattern inside the well and the presence of a drain in it; the other three parts do not necessarily belong together]. [cf. Index entry for Preysac No. 1 for the other font (?) listed in this church].

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone?
Number of Pieces: 4?
Font Shape: tub-shaped (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining