Maastricht No. 6 / Maestricht (Limburg)

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view of font

the image shows the font with the modern cover having been 'swung' to the right via the wall-mounted crane; the cover is modern, just over a decade old when this photograph was taken; part of the 'In memoriam' dedication on the cover is visible on its lower rim side
Scene Description: the image shows the font with the modern cover having been 'swung' to the right via the wall-mounted crane; the cover is modern, just over a decade old when this photograph was taken; part of the 'In memoriam' dedication on the cover is visible on its lower rim side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed, 2015
Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph taken August 1917, Rijksdienst voor Cultureel Erfgoed [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Doopvont_(geel_koper)_-_Maastricht_-_20145865_-_RCE.jpg] [accessed 30 October 2015]
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design element - motifs - moulding

Font image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed, 2015
Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph taken August 1917, Rijksdienst voor Cultureel Erfgoed [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Doopvont_(geel_koper)_-_Maastricht_-_20145865_-_RCE.jpg] [accessed 30 October 2015]
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view of font and cover in context

Source caption: "Baptismal font (brass, partly 15th c; the lid was added in 1906) in the baptismal chapel in the Basilica of Saint Servatius, Maastricht, the Netherlands."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Baptismal font (brass, partly 15th c; the lid was added in 1906) in the baptismal chapel in the Basilica of Saint Servatius, Maastricht, the Netherlands."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Kleon3, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 February 2011 by Kleon3 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SchipZijbeukZuidKapelDoop01.jpg] [accessed 30 October 2015]
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design element - motifs - moulding

multiple mouldings on the stem
Scene Description: multiple mouldings on the stem
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Kleon3, 2011
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 22 February 2011 by Kleon3 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SchipZijbeukZuidKapelDoop01.jpg] [accessed 30 October 2015]
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design element - motifs - moulding

a single moulding
Scene Description: a single moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Kleon3, 2011
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 22 February 2011 by Kleon3 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SchipZijbeukZuidKapelDoop01.jpg] [accessed 30 October 2015]
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INFORMATION

Font ID: 20099MAA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Late Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Sint-Servaasbasiliek [aka Sintervaosbasiliek / Sint-Servaaskerk]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the baptismal chapel
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Servatius of Tongeren [aka Sarbatius, Servais, Servatius of Maastricht]
Church Notes: original church or chapel date unknown; stone church by 570 replaced by a pilgrim church in the 7thC; replaced by present-day church, a 11th-12thC building; made Basilica Minor in 1985
Church Address: Keizer Karelplein 3, 6211 TC Maastricht, Netherlands -- Tel.: +31 43 321 2082
Site Location: Limburg, Netherlands, Europe
Directions to Site: Maastricht is N of Liège, in the Limburg province. The church is located near Sint-Jans and the cathedral square
Ecclesiastic Region: Bisdom Roermond
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the original 6th-12thC church here)
Font Notes:
The entry for this church in Reliwiki [https://reliwiki.nl/index.php/Maastricht,_Keizer_Karelplein_6_-_Basiliek_St._Servaas] [accessed 30 December 2021] notes and illustrates a "koperen doopvont XV". Metal baptismal font made of metal [bronze? or brass?], consisting of a round basin slightly tapering towards the bottom and a rounded underbowl; plain, except for a moulding at the upper rim; raised on a slender pedestal base, round with multiple mouldings; the lower base has a polygonal [hexagonal?] top but the splaying volume is round with a single moulding. Metal font cover of 1906 (?) has a round domed platform bearing an 'In memoriam' inscription around the lower rim side; above this rises a two-stage canopy of neo-Gothic open-work with flying buttresses, crocketed pinnacles, etc.; a female pelican feeding her young from the blood from her chest serves as finial. A wall-mounted crane allows for the lateral movement of the cover.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for his help documenting this font

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 689158 5636454
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.848817, 5.6872
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 50′ 55.74″ N, 5° 41′ 13.92″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: metal, [bronze? / brass?]
Font Shape: tub-shaped, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

LID INFORMATION

Date: 1906
Material: metal, brass?
Apparatus: yes; wall-mounted side crane
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]