Holtum / Houtem

The entry for this church in Reliwiki [https://reliwiki.nl/index.php/Holtum,_Martinusstraat_3_-_Martinus] [accessed 25 February 2022] reports a baptismal font base of ca.1200, a limestone stoup of 1643 and a second stoup of 1819 in this church [="Tot de inventaris behoren o.a. de voet van een romaans doopvont plm 1200, een hardstenen wijwatervat, 1643 en een wijwatervat, 1819."]
A communication to BSI from Pol Herman (e-mail of 13 February 2026) informs that the base of the font is documented as missing in the 1977 inventory [cf.ImagesArea]; he further notes and documents the presence of two holy-water stoups in this church: one of 1643 inscribed "JOHANES PERBOMS 1643", the churchwarden Johanes Perbaums; the related church document states the price paid for the object at the time -- the second stoup also bears an inscription "PAULSSEN" and dates from 1819: "The base of the romanesque font is lost. (e-mail by Mrs. Netty de Vries, secretary of the Parochiecomité H. Martinus Holtum on 10th of February 2025). References : book “ Sint-Martinus ter ere (Het kerkelijk verleden van Holtum)”. As you see in “Noten 1”, the foot of the font was mentioned in literature in 1877 and in 1926. But Rouwet does not mention it anymore in his inventory in 1977. Probably lost by then. [pictures of stoups from 1643 and 1819 attached]. As the inscription mentions, the stoup of 1643 was donated by churchwarden Johanes Perboms. The invoice is preservered : supply costs for object one stoup 5 guilders and 18 pennies. As the inscription mention, the stoup of 1819 was donated by Paulssen."