Benfeld No. 2 / Bànfàld / Benveltin

angel - cherub
!["angelot" (Palissy [ref.: IM67000674]) -- two types seen here: those on the upper sides are traditional in their rendering; the ones on the angles of the underbowl are putti-like, with little wings and adorned with collars, etc.; the ones on the stem of the base appear to share characteristics from both the basin types](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1180216021_compressed.png)
Scene Description: "angelot" (Palissy [ref.: IM67000674]) -- two types seen here: those on the upper sides are traditional in their rendering; the ones on the angles of the underbowl are putti-like, with little wings and adorned with collars, etc.; the ones on the stem of the base appear to share characteristics from both the basin types
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ralph Hammann, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 July 2011 by Ralh Hammann [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Benfeld_StLaurent30.jpg?uselang=fr] [accessed 16 February 2018]
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coat of arms - town of Benfeld
!["armoiries de la ville de Benfeld", according to Palissy [ref.: IM67000674], though very little of the arms can be discerned here](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1180216021_compressed.png)
Scene Description: "armoiries de la ville de Benfeld", according to Palissy [ref.: IM67000674], though very little of the arms can be discerned here
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ralph Hammann, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 July 2011 by Ralh Hammann [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Benfeld_StLaurent30.jpg?uselang=fr] [accessed 16 February 2018]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
design element - motifs - cartouche - 6

Scene Description: they appear to be blank now but may have been painted originally
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ralph Hammann, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 July 2011 by Ralh Hammann [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Benfeld_StLaurent30.jpg?uselang=fr] [accessed 16 February 2018]
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detail
![seen here between two of the angels on the stem is a horned figure; is it part of "Le Tétramorphe" mentioned in Palissy [ref.: IM67000674]?](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1180216021_compressed.png)
Scene Description: seen here between two of the angels on the stem is a horned figure; is it part of "Le Tétramorphe" mentioned in Palissy [ref.: IM67000674]?
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ralph Hammann, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 July 2011 by Ralh Hammann [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Benfeld_StLaurent30.jpg?uselang=fr] [accessed 16 February 2018]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
inscription
!["ANNO 1621" (Palissy [ref.: IM67000674])](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1180216021_compressed.png)
Scene Description: "ANNO 1621" (Palissy [ref.: IM67000674])
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ralph Hammann, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 July 2011 by Ralh Hammann [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Benfeld_StLaurent30.jpg?uselang=fr] [accessed 16 February 2018]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0