Nuremberg No. 2 / Nämberch / Nürnberg
Image copyright © Anne & Tom Heck, 2003
Photograph and permission received (letter of 22 February 2003)
Results: 5 records
view of basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Anne & Tom Heck, 2003
Image Source: Anne & Tom Heck (Santa Barbara, CA - USA)
Copyright Instructions: Photograph and permission received (letter of 22 February 2003)
view of basin - detail
Scene Description: scene on the lower section of the dish
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Anne & Tom Heck, 2003
Image Source: Anne & Tom Heck (Santa Barbara, CA - USA)
Copyright Instructions: Photograph and permission received (letter of 22 February 2003)
view of basin - detail
Scene Description: scene on the right section of the dish
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Anne & Tom Heck, 2003
Image Source: Anne & Tom Heck (Santa Barbara, CA - USA)
Copyright Instructions: Photograph and permission received (letter of 22 February 2003)
view of basin - detail
Scene Description: scene on the upper section of the dish
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Anne & Tom Heck, 2003
Image Source: Anne & Tom Heck (Santa Barbara, CA - USA)
Copyright Instructions: Photograph and permission received (letter of 22 February 2003)
view of basin - detail
Scene Description: scene on the left section of the dish
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Anne & Tom Heck, 2003
Image Source: Anne & Tom Heck (Santa Barbara, CA - USA)
Copyright Instructions: Photograph and permission received (letter of 22 February 2003)
INFORMATION
FontID: 10786NUR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Museum and Inventory Number: Kunstgewerbemuseum, Berlin
Church/Chapel: [original church not noted]
Country Name: Germany
Location: Mittelfranken, Bayern
Directions to Site: The Kunstgewerbemuseum is located off Tiergartenstrasse, a block W of Stauffenbergstrasse
Ecclesiastic Region: Diözese Bamberg
Font Location in Church: [cf. Museum info]
Date: 1750
Century and Period: 18th century
Workshop/Group/Artisan: painted by Georg Kordenbusch
Font Notes:
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Oval-shaped ceramic baptismal dish in the Kunstgewerbemuseum [museum of arts and crafts] in Berlin. The oval shallow object is made of blue ceramic and the well surface is divided into four main sections, each with a baptism-related scene. According to the Museum label, the object was made in Nürnberg in 1750, and was painted by Georg Kordenbusch [We are grateful to Anne and Tom Heck, of Santa Barbara, USA, for the photograph and details of this object]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: ceramic
Number of Pieces: one
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: German
Inscription Location: on the well surface