Vouecourt No. 2 / Vouécourt / Veecuria / Vehecort / Voecor / Waecurt / Wouecourt

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design element - motifs - moulding - parallel
Scene Description: several very thin mouldings down the sides
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Roze Sylvain, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph August 2012 by Roze Sylvain [https://e-monumen.net/patrimoine-monumental/benitier-eglise-vouecourt/] [accessed 5 October 2023]
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE – IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
human figure - head
Scene Description: one of two head-shaped handles
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Roze Sylvain, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph August 2012 by Roze Sylvain [https://e-monumen.net/patrimoine-monumental/benitier-eglise-vouecourt/] [accessed 5 October 2023]
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE – IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
human figure - head
Scene Description: one of two head-shaped handles
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Roze Sylvain, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph August 2012 by Roze Sylvain [https://e-monumen.net/patrimoine-monumental/benitier-eglise-vouecourt/] [accessed 5 October 2023]
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE – IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
view of church exterior in context
view of font and stoup in context
view of stoup
view of stoup
INFORMATION
FontID: 24975VOU
Object Type: Stoup?
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Hilaire
Church Patron Saints: St. Hilary of Poitiers
Church Location: 1 Rue du Pâquis, 52320 Vouécourt, France
Country Name: France
Location: Haute-Marne, Grand Est
Directions to Site: Located off the D40/D258, E of the N67, on the W bank of the Marne river, 20 km N of Chaumont, about 100 km WSW of Nancy
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese de Langres
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave
Century and Period: 16th - 17th century
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this object to our attention and for his help in documenting it
Font Notes:
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The web site of Christian Desprez, maire de Vouécourt [https://vouecourt.jimdofree.com/balade-à-pied-dans-vouécourt/] [accessed 5 October 2023] mentions a baptismal font made of cast iron in the 16th century in the church ["fonts baptismaux en fonte du XVIème siècle"]. The entry for this church in e-monument.net [https://e-monumen.net/patrimoine-monumental/benitier-eglise-vouecourt/] [accessed 5 October 2023] mentions a holy-water stoup made of cast iron with two handles made up of human heads in it ["Bénitier en forme de cloche retourné avec 2 anses représentant un visage humain. Fonte [...] diamètre 64 cm, hauteur 53 cm [...] 16ème ou 17ème siècle"]. The object appears disused, re-purposed as a flower vase.
A communication to BSI from Pol Herman (e-mail of 20 November 2022) included a reference to a YouTube video Doopfont stolp Vouecourt.WMV [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1svsuwnhxY] [accessed 5 October 2023] that shows the replacement of an old wooden font cover by one made of leaded glass on the stone baptismal font; the font itself appears monolithic and made of stone, octagonal in shape with a tapering in base.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.26731, 5.13703
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 16′ 2.32″ N, 5° 8′ 13.31″ E
UTM: 31U 658583 5348219
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: metal, iron (cast iron)
Font Shape: bucket-shaped (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 64 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 53 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [cf, FontNotes]