Frauenfeld

Results: 5 records

B01: Apostle or saint - St. Lawrence - martyrdom

Scene Description: showing the grill

B02: Apostle or saint - Evangelists - St. Matthew - symbol - angel

Scene Description: a/p identification in Schätze des Glaubens (1999: 130)

B03: Apostle or saint - Evangelists - St. Mark - symbol - winged lion

Scene Description: a/p identification in Schätze des Glaubens (1999: 130)

B04: Apostle or saint - Evangelists - St. Luke - symbol - winged bull

Scene Description: a/p identification in Schätze des Glaubens (1999: 130)

B05: Apostle or saint - Evangelists - St. John - symbol - eagle

Scene Description: a/p identification in Schätze des Glaubens (1999: 130)

INFORMATION

FontID: 05023FRA
Church/Chapel: Now in the Klösterli, Frauenfeld [orig. at St. Laurentiuskirche in Freuenfeld-Oberkirch]
Church Patron Saints: St. Lawrence [aka Laurence]
Country Name: Switzerland
Location: Thurgau
Font Location in Church: Now in the Klösterli, Frauenfeld
Date: 1681
Century and Period: 17th century(late), Baroque
Described and illustrated in Schätze des Glaubens (1999: 130) as a baptismal font of the Baroque period, dated 1681; the octagonal basin has short vertical sides and a rounded underbowl. The pedestal base is also ocatagonal and baluster-shaped, plain except for the mouldings. The upper basin side, at the rim, has an inscription in German between two thin horizontal grooves [text not available at present]; the basin sides have scenes of the martyrdom of St. Laurence and the four Evangelists with their symbols. [Reference is given in the source above as "Inventarnummer 4566.0613"]. [NB: we are grateful to Ursula Tschan for bringing this source to our attention]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Diameter (includes rim): 57.5 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 87.5 cm
Notes on Measurements: Schätze des Glaubens (1999: 130)

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: German
Inscription Notes: [no transcription available at present]
Inscription Location: around the upper side of the basin

LID INFORMATION

Material: wood,
Notes: flat wooden lid

REFERENCES

Schätze des Glaubens: Kostbarkeiten aus dem Besitz der thurgauischen Kirchgemeinden, Frauenfeld, Stuttgart, Wien: Verlag Huber, 1999