Fridlefstad No. 2 / Fridlevstad
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B01: design element - patterns - geometric
Scene Description: on the arrises and frames of the panels
INFORMATION
FontID: 05722FRI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: In Sillhöfda kyrka since 1777 [orig. from Fridlefstad]
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Blekinge, Blekinge län
Directions to Site: Sillhöfda is annexed to Fridlefstad
Historical Region: Blekinge län,
Font Location in Church: In Sillhöfda kyrka since 1777
Century and Period: 16th century(late)
Workshop/Group/Artisan: wooden font
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Sveriges kyrkor: Blekinge (1926-1965, Bd. I: 329, 332 and fig. 368 on p. 334) as a wooden baptismal font of the second half of the 16th century; the font is made of pine and has been located in the chapel of nearby Sillhöfda since 1777; the polygonal font has a rare shape for a wooden font: wide at the top and bottom and narrowing tightly in the centre, forming panels above and below the centre ring; the arrises and frames of these panels are all finely carved with geometric (?) patterns.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: wood, pine
Font Shape: polygonal (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: polygonal
Diameter (includes rim): 52 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 106 cm
Notes on Measurements: Sveriges kyrkor: Blekinge (1926-1965, Bd. I: 332)
REFERENCES
Sveriges kyrkor: Blekinge, Stockholm: Svenska Bokhandelscentralen, 1926-1965