Varmdo No. 2 / Värmdö

Main image for Varmdo No. 2 / Värmdö

Results: 5 records

design element - motifs - moulding

around the upper rim side
Scene Description: around the upper rim side

design element - motifs - moulding

several roll mouldings on the base
Scene Description: several roll mouldings on the base

design element - motifs - scroll

on every other side of the octagonal lower base
Scene Description: on every other side of the octagonal lower base

view of font

the early-17thC(?) font in this church
Scene Description: the early-17thC(?) font in this church

view of font in context

the 17thC font in this church by the entranceway of St. Olof's chapel
Scene Description: the 17thC font in this church by the entranceway of St. Olof's chapel

INFORMATION

FontID: 05777VAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Värmdö kyrka
Church Patron Saints: St. Olaf [aka Olaf II Haraldsson, Óláfr Haraldsson, Olav, Olav Haraldsson, Olave, Olof]
Church Location: Värmdövägen 55-57, 139 50 Värmdö, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 8 574 009 40
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Stockholm, Stockholms län
Directions to Site: Located off (N) road 274 [aka Värmdövägen], 30-40 km ENE of Stockholm
Ecclesiastic Region: Stockholms stift
Historical Region: Värmdö skeppslag, Stockholms län, Uppland
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, outside St Olof's chapel
Century and Period: 17th century(early?), Renaissance
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Sveriges kyrkor: Uppland (1921- , Bd. I, hft. 3: 452 and fig. 480 on p. 453) as an octagonal mounted baptismal font from the first half of the 17th century made of Gotland sandstone; the basin is octagonal with curved underbowl, plain except for an upper moulding; the base is also octagonal and is ornamented with several parallel horizontal mouldings; four (?) large leaves cup the lower part of the base. The lower-base or plinth is made of red limestone [cf. Index entry for Värmdö No. 1 for a 15th-century font in this same church]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 59.357778, 18.497222
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 59° 21′ 28″ N, 18° 29′ 50″ E
UTM: 34V 357726 6582566

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone (from Gotland) [red limestone for the plinth]
Number of Pieces: three?
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Diameter (includes rim): 78 cm.
Font Height (with Plinth): 110 cm
Notes on Measurements: Sveriges kyrkor: Uppland (1921- , Bd. I, hft. 3: 452)

REFERENCES

Brandel, Sven, Sveriges kyrkor: Uppland, Stockholm: Svenska Bokhandelscentralen, 1921-1984