Spiez No. 1

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 05551SPI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1500?
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th - 17th century, Late Gothic
Museum: Historisches Museum, Berne, inv. 1979
Church / Chapel Name: Schlosskirche [orig. from the parish church]
Font Location in Church: The font is now [2001] in the Schlosskirche
Site Location: Bern, Switzerland, Europe
Directions to Site: On the south shore of Lake Thun, about 8 km SSE of Thun
Additional Comments: recycled font: originally from the parish church, and now in the castle church
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Iconoclasme (2001: 160 - entry by Andrea Volkner) as a chalice-shaped sandstone baptismal font dated ca. 1500. On the sides of the hexagonal basin Volkner identifies the Madonna-and-Child on one of the panels; the others are occupied with figures of John the Baptist, St. Nicholas, St. Lawrence and St. Catherine, as well as an unknown bishop; the areas outside the panels have large trefoil motifs. The hexagonal base is reported as restored. [cf. Index entry for Spiez No. 2 for another, later, font in the castle]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: hexagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: hexagonal
Rim Thickness: 12 cm [calculated]
Diameter (inside rim): 61 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 85 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 105 cm
Notes on Measurements: Iconoclasme (2001: 160)

REFERENCES

  • Iconoclasme: vie et mort de l'image médiévale, Paris: Somogy, 2001, p. 160