Gardslosa No. 2 / Gärdslösa

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 05303GAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1670
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(late)
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Jordan Hansson
Cognate Fonts: Långlöt No. 2 (Runstens härad); Källa No. 2, Högby, Böda and Persnä (Åkerbo härad); all of them in Öland,
Church / Chapel Name: Gärdslösa kyrka
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Site Location: Öland, Kalmar län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: Located in the Södra mot, on the eastern side of the island, just across and slightly south of Borgholm
Historical Region: Runstens härad, Öland
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Boström (1966- , Bd. II, hft. 3: 127, 132) as a "red limestone font, donated by Truls Nilsson and his wife Brita, Sörby." The font, identified in the same source as the work of Jordan Hansson (ibid.), consists of a rather shallow octagonal basin mounted on a square pedestal and raised on an octagonal plinth; the surface of the basin and the base has floral and foliage ornamentation. On the front side of the stem of the base, an inscription in Swedish identifies the donors [cf. supra]. [NB: cf. added entry for a fragment of a much earlier font -dated to the 13th century- in this church]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone (red, from Öland)
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Font Height (less Plinth): 94 cm
Notes on Measurements: Boström (1966- , Bd. II, hft. 3, p. 132)

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: Swedish
Inscription Location: On the front side of the stem of the base
Inscription Text: "TRULS / NILSON / BRYTA PERS, D / 1670"
Inscription Source: Boström (1966- , Bd. II, hft. 3, p. 132)

REFERENCES

  • Boström, Ragnhild, Sveriges Kyrkor: Öland, Stockholm: Generalstabens litografiska anstals förlag, 1966-, Bd. II, hft. 3: p. 127, 132