Nattraby / Nättraby

Results: 2 records

BF01: animal - fabulous animal or monster - siren - male - 3?

on the sides of the basin, large, handle-like (three or four?]
Scene Description: on the sides of the basin, large, handle-like (three or four?]

LB01: design element - motifs - foliage

on several parts of the font
Scene Description: on several parts of the font

INFORMATION

FontID: 05719NAT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Nättraby lyrka
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Blekinge, Blekinge län
Directions to Site: Located in the Lunds stift
Historical Region: Blekinge län, Medelsta haräd
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: 1692/1693
Century and Period: 17th century(late), Baroque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: painted by Christian de Gelliers / wooden font
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Sveriges kyrkor: Blekinge (1926-1965. Bd. I: 199 and fig. 217 on p. 205) as a wooden baptismal font date to 1692 or 1693; the font consists of a tall pedestal ornamented with foliage motif; three (?) mermen decorate the upper part under the wider brim of the upper basin. The same source (ibid., Bd, V: 155) identifies the painter as Christian de Gelliers.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: wood
Font Shape: pedestal font
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 53 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 100 cm
Notes on Measurements: Sveriges kyrkor: Blekinge (1926-1965. Bd. I: 199)

REFERENCES

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