Goteborg No. 3 / Göteborg
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B01: design element - motifs - floral or foliage
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
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CR01: design element - motifs - roll moulding
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Göteborgs stadsmuseum, 2010
Image Source: archival record supplied by the Göteborgs stadsmuseum to BSI
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
FontID: 16952GOT
Museum and Inventory Number: Göteborgs stadsmuseum
Church/Chapel: [original church unknown]
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län
Font Location in Church: [in a museum]
Date: ca. 1300?
Century and Period: 13th - 14th century, Gothic
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to the staff at the Göteborgs stadsmuseum for their help in documenting this font
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Stone baptismal font recorded in the archives of the Göteborgs stadsmuseum [ref. G.M. 1581] as being of an unknown origin; dated to ca. 1300 and the stone of the basin identified as soapstone. The font consists of a round basin with tapering sides decorated with large palmette-like floral motifs all around; raised on a circular pedestal stem with a thick roll moulding atop; round graded lower base. The basin shows considerable damage.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, soapstone
Number of Pieces: three?
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 72 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [Göteborgs stadsmuseum]