Mariemont / Mariemont à Morlanwelz

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Scene Description: the font as shown ca. 1930 in the ruins of the castle chapel -- its present wehereabouts no longer known [cf. FontNotes]
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Image Source: digital image of a 1930(?) postcard; image supplied by Pol Herman
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INFORMATION

FontID: 24563MAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Museum and Inventory Number: Musée royal de Mariemont [cf. FontNotes]
Church/Chapel: Chapelle du Château [ruins?]
Church Location: Chau. de Mariemont 100, 7140 Morlanwelz, Belgium -- Tel.: +32 64 27 37 41
Country Name: Belgium
Location: Hainaut / Henegouwen, Wallonie / Wallonne
Directions to Site: Located in the Domaine / Bois de Mariemont, between the N27 (W) and the N59 (E), SW of Highway E42, 2 km N of Morianwelz, about 15 km WNW of Chaleroi
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 16th century, Late Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Hainaut type font
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help in documenting it
Church Notes: Chau. de Mariemont 100, 7140 Morlanwelz, Belgium -- Tel. +32 64 27 37 41
Font Notes:
A communication from Pol Herman to BSI (e-mail of 21 August 2022) informs: "A 1930 postcard of the ruins of the castle capel shows a Gothic, octagonal, Hainaut-type baptismal font, that I would tentatively date at first half of 16th century [...] The domain new houses the Musée royal de Mariemont. I find no trace of the font."

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.467840, 4.240570
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 28' 4.2" N, 4° 14' 26.1" E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal