Nattraby / Nättraby

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 05719NAT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1692/1693
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(late), Baroque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: painted by Christian de Gelliers / wooden font
Church / Chapel Name: Nättraby lyrka
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Site Location: Blekinge, Blekinge län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: Located in the Lunds stift
Historical Region: Blekinge län, Medelsta haräd
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, Bd. I: 199 and fig. 217 on p. 205
  • Sveriges kyrkor: Blekinge, Stockholm: Svenska Bokhandelscentralen, 1926-1965, Bd. V: p. 155