Lillkyrka nr. Örebro No. 2

Results: 5 records

design element - motifs - floral and fruit

design element - motifs - foliage

Scene Description: painted (?) on the basin sides

design element - motifs - moulding

Scene Description: ornamented like the rest of the pedestal of the base

inscription

Scene Description: [cf. Inscription area]

view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Lillkyrka kyrka [...] Dopfunt av kalksten, skänkt 1671 av Margareta Svensdotter."

INFORMATION

FontID: 05494LIL
Church/Chapel: Lillkyrka kyrka
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Närke, Örebro län
Directions to Site: Located 4-5 km east of Glanshammar
Historical Region: Glanshammars härad, Örebro län, Närke
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: 1671
Century and Period: 17th century(late), Renaissance
Cognate Fonts: Götlunda, nearby, has a similar font, although painted differently
Described and illustrated in Sveriges kyrkor: Närke (1939- , Bd. I, hft. 5: 727-728) as an octagonal limestone pedestal font donated to the church in 1671 by Margareta Svensdotter; the basin is small -looks more like a holy-water stoup- and rounded on the underbowl; the base consists of a thin baluster-type pedestal with a central ring, and a square lower base. The surface of the basins sides and underbowl is painted with a stylised foliage pattern; the pedestal of the base has fruit and floral patterns, apparently painted (?), all over it. The basin carries an inscription with the name of the donor, the date and the name of the "kyrkoherden" [=rector, vicar] of the time, Abraham Larsson Blybergh. [cf. Index entry for Lillkyrka No. 1 for the old Romanesque font from this church, now located at the museum in Strängnäs]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: three?
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Diameter (includes rim): 39 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 83 cm
Notes on Measurements: Sveriges kyrkor: Närke (1939- , Bd. I, hft. 5: 727)

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: Latin
Inscription Notes: ALB = Abraham Larsson Blybergh (rector) MSB = Margareta Svensdotter [Bondes] (donor)
Inscription Location: on the basin
Inscription Text: "A.L.B. - M.S.D. - ANNO 1671"
Inscription Source: Sveriges kyrkor: Närke (1939- , Bd. I, hft. 5: 727)

REFERENCES

Lundberg, Erik, Sveriges kyrkor: Närke, Stockholm: Generalstabens litografiska anstalts förlag (1939-1961); Almqvist & Wiksell (1970-1972), 1939-1972