Landa

INFORMATION

FontID: 16956LAN
Museum and Inventory Number: Göteborgs stadsmuseum
Church/Chapel: Landa kyrka
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Halland, Hallands län
Directions to Site: Located 5 km N of Varberg [Coordinates: 57° 20′ 45.88″ N , 12° 11′ 19.99″ E 57.346078 °, 12.188886 °] [NB: not to be mistaken with the other Landa, 5 km E of Vårgårda i Skara stift, in Västergötland]
Historical Region: Tjäre härad, Hallands län
Century and Period: 13th century, Medieval
The basin of a baptismal font from the church at Landa was held and documented in the Göteborgs stadsmuseum [ref. G.M. 8586]: quatrefoil-shaped basin made of granite; dated to the 13th century. The basin is noted as returned to Land church in 1916.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: quatrefoil
Basin Exterior Shape: quatrefoil