Lund nr. Öresund No. 2

Described and illustrated in Rydén (1995: 126, 127) as a metal baptismal font dated to 1596 by an inscription on the upper basin side; the initials HAB and LK, also part of the inscription, are believed to be those of the foundry in which the font was cast. The font consists of a quasi-hemispherical basin with several mouldings at the upper and lower sides; the two upper ones frame the inscription; the pedestal is a slender cylindrical shaft with several mouldings and a much thicker centre-ring moulding; the lower base is wider, still round, and rests on the three couchant lions. The metal font cover matches the design of the font; the lower end is a low dome of the same width as the basin and bears an inscription around the lower side; a pedestal on the upper part is the base for the finial, a statutette of John the Baptist. The cover is attached to the counterweight by a rod secured to the Baptist's head. Illustrated in Källström and Askmark (1948: pl. 71). This font used to be located in the western entrance of the Cathedral, but it was moved to the Cathedral's museum in the 1900s.