Landa

INFORMATION

Font ID: 16956LAN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, basin only
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Medieval
Museum: Göteborgs stadsmuseum, G.M. 8586
Church / Chapel Name: Landa kyrka
Site Location: Halland, Hallands län, Sweden, Europe
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
Additional Comments: disused font
Font Notes:
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