Estuna

Results: 1 records

CR01: design element - motifs - roll moulding

Scene Description: at the upper end of the pedestal base

INFORMATION

FontID: 05841EST
Church/Chapel: Estuna kyrka
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Stockholm, Stockholms län
Directions to Site: Located towards the centre-east of Uppland, east of Uppsala
Historical Region: Lyhundra härad, Stockholms län, Uppland
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th century (late), Medieval
Described and illustrated in Sveriges kyrkor: Uppland (1921- , Bd. V, hft. 6: p. 748 and fig. 660 on p. 749) as the pedestal base of baptismal font believed to be made of Gotland limestone and dated to the end of the 13th century; it is a round base with a prominent round moulding at the upper end; there is no drain hole in it. The above source (ibid.) refers to the church inventory of 1749, in which a stone font is listed. A later entry, in 1770 ***[to be completed]***

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone (from Gotland?)
Number of Pieces: one
Basin Interior Shape: [missing]
Basin Exterior Shape: [missing]
Drainage Notes: the base has no drain hole [the missing basin may have had its own]
Height of Base: 38 cm
Notes on Measurements: Sveriges kyrkor: Uppland (1921- , Bd. V, hft. 6: p. 748)

REFERENCES

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