Nancy
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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 basin - interior
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
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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
Font ID: 24123NAN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century
Church / Chapel Name: [provenance unknown]
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Address: [NB: address & coordinates given for the general Nancy area] 54395 / 54000 Nancy, France
Site Location: Meurthe-et-Moselle, Grand Est, France, Europe
Directions to Site: The city of Nancy is located about 100 km W of Strasbourg
Additional Comments: baptismal font for sale / origin unknown
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].
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help documenting it
COORDINATES
UTM: 32U 292825 5397221
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