Fasterna No. 1

INFORMATION

Font ID: 05835FAS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century (mid?), Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Fasterna kyrka [orig. from Fasta or Esterna]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Site Location: Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: Located in the centre-east area of Uppland, east of Uppsala
Historical Region: Sjuhundra härad, Stockholms län, Uppland
Additional Comments: damaged font
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Sveriges kyrkor: Uppland (1921- , Bd. V, hft. 4: 398 and fig. 349 on p. 401) as one of two early fonts found in this church, being originally from nearby Fasta or Esterna. This one, a cylindrical mounted Romanesque font is very much damaged [source illustration in SK... is a drawing by G. Fogde made in 1956]. [NB: the 1795 inventory of the church at Fasta listed one stone font, without further particulars. There is a second stone font at Fasterna now that could also be from Fasta or Esterna. The Fasta church now uses a brass baptismal bowl donated ca. 1680]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin & base
Drainage Notes: [a/p Fogde's drawing in SK...]
Basin Depth: 34 cm
Height of Base: 43 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): [77 cm*]
Notes on Measurements: Sveriges kyrkor: Uppland (1921- , Bd. V, hft. 4: 398) *[the total height may not be representative of the original font]

REFERENCES

  • Brandel, Sven, Sveriges kyrkor: Uppland, Stockholm: Svenska Bokhandelscentralen, 1921-1984, Bd. V, hft. 4: 398 and fig. 349 on p. 401