Lanna No. 3 / Länna

Results: 6 records

B01: coat of arms - Oxenstierna family

Scene Description: paired with the one for the Bielke family

B02: coat of arms - Bielke family

Scene Description: paired with the one for the Oxenstierna family

B03: inscription

Scene Description: date 1629

BH01: angel - head - 4

Scene Description: in high-relief, one on each of four basin sides

LB01: human figure - putto - 3?

Scene Description: on alternate sides of the hexagonal pedestal

LB02: design element - motifs - foliage

Scene Description: stylised in cartouche-like shape; on alternate sides of the hexagonal base

INFORMATION

FontID: 05805LAN
Church/Chapel: Länna kyrka
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Uppsala, Uppsala län
Historical Region: Frötuna och Länna skeppslag, Stockholms län, Uppland
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: 1629
Century and Period: 17th century(early),
Described and illustrated in Sveriges kyrkor: Uppland (1921- , Bd. II, hft. 3: 375-376) as a hexagonal mounted baptismal font of grey sandstone dated 1629; four of the rounded sides of the basin ornamented with angel heads; one other side has two paired shields bearing coats of arms identified in this source as those of the Oxenstierna and Bielke families; the last side bears the date 1629. The pedestal base is also hexagonal and decorated with putti and stylised foliage on alternate sides; the lower base is splayed, and hexagonal as well.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Font Shape: hexagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round?
Basin Exterior Shape: hexagonal
Diameter (includes rim): 77 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 99 cm
Notes on Measurements: Sveriges kyrkor: Uppland (1921- , Bd. II, hft. 3: 376)

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: numbers
Inscription Location: basin side
Inscription Text: "1629"
Inscription Source: Sveriges kyrkor: Uppland (1921- , Bd. II, hft. 3: 375)

REFERENCES

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