Nevers No. 5
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design element - motifs - moulding - graded
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design element - patterns - ribbed - in round arches
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view of basin
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view of basin
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view of basin - rim - detail
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view of basin - upper view
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view of basin - upper view
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view of basin in context
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INFORMATION
FontID: 25107NEV
Object Type: Baptismal Font1 (basin only)
Country Name: France
Location: Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Directions to Site: [the sale item was kept at the time in the auction sale premises in Envers: 7 Pl. Saint-Laurent, 58000 Nevers, France -- Tel.: +33 3 86 70 02 91]
Font Location in Church: [not in a church]
Date: n.d.
Century and Period: 13th - 14th century, Medieval
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for his help in documenting this fnt
Font Notes:
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The stone basin of a baptismal font advertised for sale by METAYER-MERMOZ Maison de ventes aux enchères [https://www.metayer-auction.com/en/lot/128791/19047270--imposing-stone-baptismal-font] [accessed 30 November 2023]: "Imposing stone baptismal font with gadroons. XIIIth-XIVth... - Lot 14 - Métayer-Mermoz Maison de Ventes aux Enchères Nevers. H_ 49 cm D_ 98 cm, a piece cemented to the neck otherwise good condition. This lot is sold by designation, it is kept in our furniture storage in Nevers. All the stones, sculptures and archaeology come from the collections of the castle of B. The collection was formed by Georges C.S., a scholar born in 1833 and died in 1909. No acquisitions were made after 1909. The family, which is now selling the castle, has owned it since 1938. They had acquired it furnished, with its collections."
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 98 cm*
Basin Total Height: 49 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * METAYER-MERMOZ [cf. FontNotes]