Hammarby nr. Upplands Väsby

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design element - motifs - roll moulding

at the top of the original pedestal base; the present basin is obviously a modern replacement
Scene Description: at the top of the original pedestal base; the present basin is obviously a modern replacement
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 May 2016 by Ulf Klingström / Ulkl [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hammarby_kyrka_int08.jpg] [accessed 12 September 2017]
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view of church exterior - bell-cote

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Håkan Svensson (Xauxa), 2006
Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 April 2006 by Håkan Svensson (Xauxa) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hammarby_bell_tower.jpg] [accessed 12 September 2017]
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view of church exterior - southeast view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jopparn, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 September 2015 by Jopparn [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hammarby_kyrka_2015_09.JPG] [accessed 12 September 2017]
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view of church exterior in context

aerial view of the church and churchyard
Scene Description: aerial view of the church and churchyard
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © L.G.foto, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 June 2011 by L.G.foto [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hammarby_Kyrka_från_luften.jpg] [accessed 12 September 2017]
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view of church interior - nave - looking east

the font is visible on the left [north] side
Scene Description: the font is visible on the left [north] side
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 May 2016 by Ulf Klingström / Ulkl [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hammarby_kyrka_int02.jpg] [accessed 12 September 2017]
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view of church interior - nave - looking west

the font is visible in the foreground [east side], right [north] side
Scene Description: the font is visible in the foreground [east side], right [north] side
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view of church interior - retable

mid-15thC? now decorating the north wall of the nave
Scene Description: mid-15thC? now decorating the north wall of the nave
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view of font

Source caption: "Dopfunt i Hammarby kyrka. Medeltida fot och skaft. Nygjord cuppa från 1936. Dopfat av koppar."
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INFORMATION

FontID: 05832HAM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1 (base only)
Church/Chapel: Hammarby kyrka
Church Location: Hammarby kyrkväg 2, 194 45 Upplands Väsby, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 8 590 828 72
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Uppland, Uppsala län
Directions to Site: Located between the E4 (W) and the AB858, in the municipality and 2 km N of Upplands Väsby, 20 km NNW of Stckholm, 40-45 km SSE of Uppsala
Ecclesiastic Region: Stockholms stift
Historical Region: Vallentuna härad, Stockholms län, Uppland
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th century (early?) [base only] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Church Notes: a wooden church may have existed previously on this same site; stone church ca. 1200(?); expanded early 14thC and, again, ca.1400; modified 17thC; restored 1959; basin of font replaced 1936
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Sveriges kyrkor: Uppland (1921- , Bd. V, hft. 2: 205) as the pedestal base of a limestone baptismal font dated to the first half of the 13th century; it is of a common shape consisting of a conical body with a protruding upper round moulding [NB: the basin mounted on this pedestal is modern, dated to 1936]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 59.537444, 17.923417
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 59° 32′ 14.8″ N, 17° 55′ 24.3″ E
UTM: 33V 665297 6603535

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: [unknown]
Basin Interior Shape: [missing]
Basin Exterior Shape: [missing]
Drainage Notes: although the original basin is missing, the elevation in our source shows the drain hole through the base
Height of Base: 48 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Sveriges kyrkor: Uppland (1921- , Bd. V, hft. 2: 205)

REFERENCES

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