Kraklingbo No. 3 / Kräklingbo

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Results: 29 records

angel - cherub - head - 4

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angel - cherub - head - detail

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design element - motifs

Scene Description: the combination of floral, fruit and such motifs on the basin and base sides

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information

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information

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information

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information

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inscription

Scene Description: 1670 re-painted 1690

inscription

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]

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view of basin - interior

view of basin - interior

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view of basin - interior - detail

Scene Description: the painted sides

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view of font

Scene Description: notice the position of the side drain and drain dish in the plinth

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view of font - detail

view of font - plinth

view of font - south side

view of font - southwest side

view of font - west side

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view of font and cover

view of font and cover - east side

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view of font and cover - south side

view of font and cover - south side

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view of font and cover - west side

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view of font and cover in context - southwest side

view of font cover

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view of font in context - southeast side

view of plinth - detail

view of plinth - detail

Scene Description: the drain chanel and dish

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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
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