Zoblitz / Zöblitz / Zoeblitz

INFORMATION

FontID: 06591ZOB

Church/Chapel: [Parish Church]

Country Name: Germany

Location: Chemnitz, Sachsen

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Date: 1613

Century and Period: 17th century(early),

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Early 17th-century baptismal font made of the Zöblitzer serpentine stone, a.k.a. zeblicius marble. The font is made of a black variety of this marble. The basin is henispheric but with an octagonal upper rim; the stem of the base is baluster-shaped; the wider plinth is octagonal [described and illustrated in www.serpentin.de]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble (Zöblitzer serpentine stone] [black]

Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal