Kobenhavn No. 2 / København / Copenhagen

Described and illustrated in Carlsson (1976: 88, 99 and pl. 88) as a hemispheric basin mounted on a round pedestal with square bottom; the basin sides are ornamented with "a phallic man [... who] domesticates two lions by holding them by their tails [...]. His phallos is, like the belt of strength, a clear marking of his strength." Carlsson (ibid., p. 99) relates this motif to other such found in Denmark: "a phallic atlante found on a fresco from about 1500 in [...] Dalum", and refers to Mackeprang's Danmarks middelalderlige Døbefonte (København, 1941) for other fonts with similar motifs (Carlsson, 1976: 196n). The base has a torus around its middle and a thinner moulding along the sides of the square lower base. The font does appear listed in the Middelalder og nyere tid catalogue of the Nationalmuseet published in 1946 (4th ed./printing, 1964, and its entry in the online NM [https://samlinger.natmus.dk/mom/object/292454] [acessed 15 September 2022] reports "FALLOS [...] GENITALIA ([...] KVINDE [...] LØVER [...] MAND [...] MAND MED BUKLET HÅR OG KLØFTET SKÆG [...] STORE STÆRKT MARKEREDE GENITALIA [...] VAGINA" among its decorative motifs; the same source gives the date of acquisition/recorded entry as 1 January 1882 and the material as granite.