Ostuna / Östuna
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CR01: design element - motifs - moulding
Scene Description: making up the centre ring; it is part of the base
INFORMATION
FontID: 05807OST
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Östuna kyrka
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Stockholm, Stockholms län
Directions to Site: Located in the centre of Uppland, SE of Uppsala
Historical Region: Långhundra härad, Stockholms län, Uppland
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, by the choir
Century and Period: 14th century, Medieval
Cognate Fonts: The baptismal font at Gottröra, in the same area, and many such others in southern Sweden
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Sveriges kyrkor: Uppland (1921- , Bd. III, hft. 1: 64 and fig. 73 on p. 66) as a sandstone cylindrical mounted baptismal font from the 14th century; the basin has plain vertical sides and an equally plain chamfer; the base has a centre ring moulding and is otherwise plain. A similar font exists at nearby Gottröra [cf. Index entry], although is dated to the end of the previous century.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Rim Thickness: 7 cm [calculated]
Diameter (inside rim): 48 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 62 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 81 cm
Notes on Measurements: Sveriges kyrkor: Uppland (1921- , Bd. III, hft. 1: 64)
REFERENCES
Brandel, Sven, Sveriges kyrkor: Uppland, Stockholm: Svenska Bokhandelscentralen, 1921-1984