Conteville No. 2 / Contaville (Eure)

INFORMATION

FontID: 21323CON

Object Type: Stoup

Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Maclou

Church Patron Saints: St. Malo (Machutus, Maclou)

Church Location: 27210 Conteville, France

Country Name: France

Location: Eure, Normandie

Directions to Site: Conteville [in one reference Enlart cites "Contaville"] is off the D102-D312 crossroads, between Berville-sur-Mer (NW) and Foulbec (SE), 10 kms E of Honfleur, on the S banks of the estuary [Risle river]

Historical Region: Pays de Honfleur-Beuzeville, Haute Normandie

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Century and Period: [composite stoup], [composite]

Font Notes: Click to view

Composite holy-water stoup (16th-century mortar on a 12th-century pedestal) listed in Palissy [ref.: IM27000756]: "bénitier [calcaire] octogonal [...] Pied constitué de 9 colonnes jumelées 12e siècle, réemployées ; la cuve est un mortier du 16e siècle."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone

Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

Diameter (includes rim): 50 cm*

Basin Depth: 22 cm*

Height of Basin Side: 21 cm*

Font Height (less Plinth): 82 cm*

Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [ref.: IM27000756]