Goes

INFORMATION

Font ID: 25960GOE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1 (fragment)
Font Date: n.d.
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Hainaut type
Church / Chapel Name: [unknown]
Font Location in Church: cf. FontNotes
Site Location: Zeeland, Netherlands, Europe
Directions to Site: Goes is located at the confluence of the A256-N289, on Zuid-Beveland, 50-60 km NW of Antwerp
Additional Comments: fragment of a font / disused font ***IMAGES RECEIVED -- TO BE LOADED AND ENTERED IN IMAGE SUBFORM***
Font Notes:
A communication to BSI from Pol Herman includes information on the discovery of a number of fragments of a baptismal font in the town of Goes. The information photographs and archaeological reports were sent to Pol Herman by Joost van den Berg, senior depotbeheerder & senior KNA materiaal specialist Zeeuws Archeologisch Depot, on 20 November 2025, and forwarded to BSI thereafter. The information received shows a number of fragments described in the source as belongig to a former Gothic baptismal font of the Hainaut-type excavated in Goes; the set of fragments constitute the upper part of an octagonal basin with a round inner well.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman and to Joost van den Berg for bringing this font to our attention and for their help in documenting it.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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