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Image copyright © Natasha Hathaway, 2014
Image and permission received (e-mail of 30 June 2012
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 19171BIN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1670?
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Michel, Binn
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael
Previous Font Location(s): District of Goms
Church Notes: church originally 1670
Church Address: Wilera 2, 3996 Binn, Switzerland
Site Location: Valais, Switzerland, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the Binntalstrasse, just W of Wilera, district de Conches, Valais, Alpes lépontines
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Sion
Font Notes:
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Stone baptismal font probably of the period of the church itself, ca. 1670; it consists of a roughly hemispherical basin with an octagonal upper end, raised on a baluster pedestal base and a round-to-octagonal lower base; the upper part of the basin is decorated with varied floral/foliage motifs, while the underbowl bears a ribbed pattern; the stem has mouldings at both ends and large leaves all around; the lower base is plain. The cover of the font is a riot of shapes and colours; the cover proper is a octagonal on the sides and domed on the top; the carved (?) finial turns into the support of a canopy topped with scroll-wrok and a radiant sun.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Natasha Hathaway for her photograph and measurements of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 32T 437183 5135112
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite?
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Font Height (less Plinth): 115 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Natasha Hathaway (e-mail to BSI -- 30 May 2012)
LID INFORMATION
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]