Nas nr. Grötlingbo No. 2 / Näs
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BU01: design element - motifs - circle
Scene Description: several, around the underbowl
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UB01: symbol - fruit - grapes
Scene Description: four bunches, at 90-degree angles on sides of the pedestal base
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view of base
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view of basin
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view of basin - interior
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view of font - west side
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view of font in context
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INFORMATION
FontID: 05374NAS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Näs kyrka
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Gotland, Gotllands län
Directions to Site: In the SW of the island, near Grötlingbo, about 55 km S of Visby
Ecclesiastic Region: Visby stift -- Havdhems församling
Historical Region: Grötlinge ting, Gotlands län
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the E end, by the N side of the chancel arch
Date: ca. 1699?
Century and Period: 17th century(late), Baroque
Cognate Fonts: Many similar fonts found on the island
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland (Bd. IX, hft. 1: 46-47, 64) as a "sandstone baptismal font, donated in 1699". The font is of a type commonly found on the island: shallow basin with circle motifs raised on a baluster pedestal stem ornamented with two grape bunches; the lower base is square. The font appears painted a leaded-green hue [="grågrönmålad"], but the grapes themselves are painted yellow. [cf. Index entry for Näs No. 1 for the much damaged 13th century font also in this church]. [NB: not to be mistaken with the wooden font from a village of the same name in northern Sweden, also listed in this Index]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 57.110167, 18.262406
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 57° 6′ 36.6″ N, 18° 15′ 44.66″ E
UTM: 34V 334215 6332976
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Rim Thickness: 12 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 44 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 67 cm
Basin Depth: 0 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 101 cm
Square Base Dimensions: 24 x 24 cm
Notes on Measurements: BSI on-site
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: Swedish
Inscription Text: "Denna funt är förärad af Hasn Sixarfve och Mathias Maldeson af Kyrkwärdarne Per Gans och Grels Sigleifs."
Inscription Source: Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland (Bd. IX, hft. 1: 47)
REFERENCES
Lundmark, Efraim, Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland, Stockholm: G. Tisell, 1925-1990