Kalla No. 2 / Källa

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B01: design element - motifs - floral

LB01: design element - motifs - floral

INFORMATION

FontID: 05307KAL
Church/Chapel: Källa nya kyrka
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Öland, Kalmar län
Directions to Site: Located in the Norra mot, about 30 km northeast of Borgholm
Historical Region: Åkerbo härad, Öland
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: 1668
Century and Period: 17th century(late),
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Måns Andersson
Cognate Fonts: Långlöt No. 2 (Runstens härad); Gärdslösa No. 2, Böda and Persnä (Åkerbo härad); all of them in Öland,
Described and illustrated in Boström (1966- , Bd. I, hft. 4: 398) as a "red limestone font, donated in 1668". The font is identified in the same source as the work of Måns Andersson, whose initials appear on the inscription visible on the basin side; the inscription carries the date 1668; the font consists of a rather shallow octagonal basin mounted on a rounded baluster-type pedestal that has square upper and lower ends; it is all raised on an octagonal plinth; the surface of the basin and the base has floral and foliage ornamentation. [NB: cf. added entry for a fragment of a much earlier font -dated to the middle or second half of the 13th century- in this same church]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone (reddish colour)
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Diameter (includes rim): 68 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 94 cm
Notes on Measurements: Boström (1966- , Bd. I, hft. 4: 398)

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: Swedish
Inscription Location: basin side
Inscription Text: "MASEMD / AO1668"
Inscription Source: Boström (1966- , Bd. I, hft. 4: 398)

REFERENCES

Boström, Ragnhild, Sveriges Kyrkor: Öland, Stockholm: Generalstabens litografiska anstals förlag, 1966-