Kraklingbo No. 3 / Kräklingbo

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INFORMATION
FontID: 02452KRA
Church/Chapel: Kräklingbo kyrka
Church Location: 574 Kräklingbo, 623 70 Katthammarsvik, Gotland, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Gotland, Gotlands län
Directions to Site: Located on the W side of the island, about 35 km ESE of Visby
Ecclesiastic Region: Visby stift -- Östergarns församling
Historical Region: Kräklinge ting, Gotlands län
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the NE corner of the nave, beneath the chancel arch
Date: 1670
Century and Period: 17th century (late),
Cognate Fonts: Many other fonts of this type and date on the island
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Described and illustrated in Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland (Bd. IV, hft. 4: 513, 515) as a sandstone baptismal font of the baluster-pedestal type dated by an inscription to 1670 (the same source explains that the original date on the font was 1670, but the "7" was painted over as a "9"; the ornamentation is Baroque with cherubs on the base. The wide plinth, which has a drain with a drain dish, is carved with the date 1695 (?), but may be older. The font cover, octagonal and with scroll crocketed ribs, was made by Jochim Sterling. from Visby, in 1687. [NB: cf. Index entry for Kräklingbo No. 1 for the possible remains of a medieval font in this location]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
57.445222,
18.711278
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
57° 26′ 42.8″ N,
18° 42′ 40.6″ E
UTM: 34V 362645 6369261
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, sandstone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: side drain at the plinth level
Rim Thickness: 10-11 cm*
Diameter (inside rim): 41 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 62-63 cm*
Basin Depth: 9-9.5 cm*
Basin Total Height: 22-26 cm*
Height of Base: 76-79 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 101-103.5 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * BSI on-site [two sets of measurements taken]
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: numbers
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes for date discrepancy]
Inscription Location: basin side
Inscription Text: "1690" [i.e., 1670]
Inscription Source: Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland (Bd. IV, hft. 1: 515)
LID INFORMATION
Date: 1687 / late-17th century
Material:
wood,
Apparatus: none
Notes: octagonal wooden cover of the open-crown type, with crocketed scroll ribs, not unlike the Jacobean fonts of England. [Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland (Bd. IV, hft. 4: 515)] -- The height of the cover is given as 96 cm.
REFERENCES
Lundmark, Efraim, Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland, Stockholm: G. Tisell, 1925-1990