Nancy
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view of basin - interior
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Image Source: digital photograph 2020 in Cabinet Fligny [https://www.fligny-haute-epoque.com/vente/nancy-21-novembre-2020/] [accessed 21 August 2022]
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view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Cabinet Fligny, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph 2020 in Cabinet Fligny [https://www.fligny-haute-epoque.com/vente/nancy-21-novembre-2020/] [accessed 21 August 2022]
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view of font cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Cabinet Fligny, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph 2020 in Cabinet Fligny [https://www.fligny-haute-epoque.com/vente/nancy-21-novembre-2020/] [accessed 21 August 2022]
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
FontID: 24123NAN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: [provenance unknown]
Country Name: France
Location: Meurthe-et-Moselle, Grand Est
Century and Period: 16th century
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help documenting it
Font Notes:
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The 21 November 2020 on-line Calendrier des ventes for Cabinet Fligny [https://www.fligny-haute-epoque.com/vente/nancy-21-novembre-2020/] [accessed 21 August 2022] listed a baptismal font as "Lot n. 163: Fonts baptismaux en pierre calcaire de forme hexagonale ; couvercle en bois. XVIe siècle H. 94 cm.; l. 40 cm. (restauration, badigeon blanc) Adjugé 740 €". Provenance not given in the source. [NB: the basin is actually octagonal, both inside and out; the pedestal base is also octagonal but turn to square at the lower end by four chamfers].
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: octagonal
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: octagonal and flat, with metal hinge and lock; painted