Escacena del Campo
INFORMATION
FontID: 17049ESC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia de El Divino Salvador
Church Patron Saints: Our Saviour
Country Name: Spain
Location: Huelva, Andalucía
Directions to Site: Located on the HV-5132, off (N) the A-472 61 km from Huelva capital [Coordinates: 37°24′ N 6°23′ W]
Historical Region: formerly Sevilla province
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 14th - 15th century, Medieval
Font Notes:
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Noted in Huelvapedia [http://wikanda.huelvapedia.es/wiki/Escacena_del_Campo] as a monolithic baptismal font made of limestone, the round basin decorated with ribbed pattern on the sides; suggested date in this source in the late medieval period. [NB: the present church dates from the 16th century and was built near the rests of a mosque; this font, if correctly dated, may have come from another church]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: round
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round