Goirke / Goirke in Tilburg (Noord-Brabant)

Described and illustrated in [https://www.regionaalarchieftilburg.nl/zoek-een-foto/detail/063de77a-883c-4dd0-8fe9-3083f94aa4c8] [accessed 28 December 2021]: "Hardstenen doopvont uit 1590 in de Goirkese kerk. Op de bovenrand staat de tekst: "Asperges me hyssopo et mundabar 1590"". The entry for this church in Reliwiki [https://www.reliwiki.nl/index.php/Tilburg,_Goirkestraat_68_-_Dionysius_(Goirkese_Kerk)] [accessed 28 December 2021] reports a 16th-century baptismal font made of blue limestone in 1570-1579; the same source reports a later font of 1876, the anniversary gift of pastor-dean Van de Ven, made by M. Bertou of Antwerp. The earlier font has a roughly hemispherical basin decorated with an stylised arcade on the side while interrupted by a large shield in a different kind of stone; the underbowl has floral and/or foliage motifs all around; the round pedestal stem has flute pattern with some inserts; the splaying lower base is decorated with a somewhat similar pattern as the basin. Inscription along the top rim. There are two different font covers, both of brass(?) used at different times on this font [cf. ImagesArea]: one is dome-shaped, the other is round, with a short cross finial. The provenance of this font is unknown, it being older than the church and not of a common design in the area. A communication to BSI from Pol Herman (e-mail of 30 April 2024) includes information and photographs of both fonts from Geert Eijsbouts, a local source: the old baptismal font may have been purchased at the time of the 19th-century re-building, while the new font was installed at a later date; Geert Eijsbouts offers to approach a local historian in search of further information to communicate to Pol Herman and BSI.