Rodeby / Rödeby

INFORMATION

Font ID: 05718ROD
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1682?
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(late?)
Workshop/Group/Artisan: wooden font
Church / Chapel Name: Rödeby kyrka
Site Location: Blekinge, Blekinge län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: Located in the Lunds stift
Historical Region: Blekinge län, Östra haräd
Font Notes:
Described in Sveriges kyrkor: Blekinge (1926-1965, Bd. I: 172) as a wooden baptismal font donated to the church in 1682 (?)

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: wood

REFERENCES

  • Crossley, Frederick Herbert, English Church Craftsmanship: an Introduction to the Work of the Mediaval Period and Some Account of Later Developments, London: B.T. Batsford, 1941, Bd. I: p. 172