Estuna
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 05841EST
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, base only
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century (late), Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Estuna kyrka
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Site Location: Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: Located towards the centre-east of Uppland, east of Uppsala
Historical Region: Lyhundra härad, Stockholms län, Uppland
Additional Comments: missing basin
Font Notes:
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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 System: no drainage system
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, Bd. V, hft. 6: p. 748 and fig. 660 on p. 749