Berlin No. 1
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B01: design element - motifs - foliage
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BBU01: design element - motifs - moulding
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R01: design element - motifs - moulding - flat moulding
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UB01: inscription
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view of font in context
Scene Description: in the Museum interior [cf. Font notes]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 13810BER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Museum and Inventory Number: Stiftung Stadtmuseum Berlin (Märkisches Museum)
Church/Chapel: [original church unknown]
Country Name: Germany
Location: Berlin, Berlin
Font Location in Church: [in a museum]
Date: ca. 1590?
Century and Period: 16th century(late?)
Font Notes:
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Illustrated in Schich (2008). Stone baptismal font consisting of an octagonal basin with a rounded underbowl, raised on a roughly baluster-shaped pedestal base; the rim and upper side of the basin is moulded; the sides below are decorated with protruding motifs on a floral background, all brightly painted in green and gold; the base is unpainted but has a date painted or carved (?) on four of the eight sides: "159[?]", dating the font to the end of the 17th century. [NB: we do not have information on its provenance]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: numbers
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Location: on the base sides
Inscription Text: "159[?]"
REFERENCES
Schich, Winfried, "Die Landesherrschaft und die Entwicklung der Kulturlandschaft im Bereich der Mark Brandenburg von 13. bis zum 16. Jahrhundert", Die Kunst des Mittelalters in der Mark Brandenburg: Tradition - Transformation - Innovation, Berlin: Lukas Verlag, 2008