Torhamn

INFORMATION

FontID: 05715TOR

Object Type: Baptismal Font1 (base only)

Church/Chapel: Torhamns kyrka

Country Name: Sweden

Location: Blekinge, Blekinge län

Directions to Site: Located in the Lunds stift

Historical Region: Blekinge län, Östra haräd

Font Location in Church: In the churchyard

Century and Period: Medieval

Cognate Fonts: This base is similar to the one in the font at nearby Backyard

Font Notes: Click to view

Described and illustrated in Sveriges kyrkor: Blekinge (1926-1965. Bd. I: 97; Bd. V: 82) as the base of a medieval baptismal font; it is made of Gotland limestone; located in the churchyard.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone (fron Gotland)

Number of Pieces: one {basin missing)

Font Shape: [missing]

Basin Interior Shape: [missing]

Basin Exterior Shape: [missing]

Height of Base: 22 cm (diameter 54 cm)

Notes on Measurements: Sveriges kyrkor: Blekinge (1926- . Bd. I: 97)

REFERENCES

Sveriges kyrkor: Blekinge, Stockholm: Svenska Bokhandelscentralen, 1926-1965