Fasterna No. 2

Results: 2 records

B01: design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches

Scene Description: like a ribbed pattern, in very low relief

LB01: design element - motifs - spur - 4

Scene Description: on the lower level of the base, one at each corner

INFORMATION

FontID: 05836FAS
Church/Chapel: Fasterna kyrka [orig. from Fasta or Esterna]
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Stockholm, Stockholms län
Directions to Site: Located in the centre-east area of Uppland, east of Uppsala
Historical Region: Sjuhundra härad, Stockholms län, Uppland
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th century (late) (basin) [composite font?], Medieval
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Paradise font / Paradisenfunten / Baegerbladsfonte / Muschelcuppen / Musselcuppor / Musselcuppstyp [SHM]
Cognate Fonts: Many others of this type in Sweden
Described and illustrated in Sveriges kyrkor: Uppland (1921- , Bd. V, hft. 4: 382, 382n, 398, 399 and fig. 348 on p. 401) as one of two early fonts found in this church, being originally from nearby Fasta or Esterna. This one has a limestone basin of the "musselcuppa" type, its sides ornamented with a blind low-relief arcade of round arches all around; it shows damage at opposite ends of the upper rim. The base is not the typical one expected under this bowl, and it is made of different stone, sandstone; it is narrow and octagonal at the upper level, but wider and square at the bottom with spur-like motifs at the corners; it is probably dated to first part of the 13th century, if not earlier. There are archive references (ibid., p. 382 and 382n) to a font at the church at nearby Esterna that may refer to this font

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone (basin) - sandstone (base)
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 85 cm
Basin Total Height: 45 cm
Height of Base: 40 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): [85 cm*]
Square Base Dimensions: 32-34 cm
Notes on Measurements: Sveriges kyrkor: Uppland (1921- , Bd. V, hft. 4: 398, 400)

REFERENCES

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