Tosterup

INFORMATION

FontID: 09060TOS
Church/Chapel: Tosterups kyrka
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Skåne, Skåne län
Directions to Site: Located about 8 km SSE of Tomelilla, just NE of Köpingebro
Historical Region: Ingelstads hd., Skåne
Font Location in Church: [in the churchyard ca. 1913]
Century and Period: 12th - 16th century, Medieval
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Blentarpsgruppen [Tynell]
Described in Tynell (1913-1921: 61) as the basin of a medieval baptismal font of ther Blentarp group, made of limestone. Tynell (ibid.) reported it as abandoned in the churchyard ca. 1913.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: round
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Drake, Colin Stuart, The Romanesque Fonts of Northern Europe and Scandinavia, Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell Press, 2002
Tynell, Lars, Skånes medeltida Dopfuntar, Stockholm: Cederquists Grafiska Aktiebolag, 1913-1921