Oldenburg Schloss

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design element - motifs - floral - fleur-de-lis

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design element - motifs - moulding - graded

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design element - patterns - tracery

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information

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view of font

Scene Description: as displayed in the museum

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view of font in context

Scene Description: as displayed in the museum

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INFORMATION

FontID: 19404OLD
Museum and Inventory Number: Oldenburg Schloss [Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte]], Schlossplatz 1 26122 Oldenburg, Germany
Church/Chapel: [original Parish Church unknown]
Country Name: Germany
Location: Friesland, Niedersachsen
Directions to Site: Museum located in Oldenburg town centre
Font Location in Church: [in a museum]
Century and Period: 14th - 15th century, Medieval
This is the second baptismal font on permanent display at the Oldenburg Schloss location of the Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, in Oldenburg [cf. BSI entry for Wiarden for the other font in this museum]. The font consists of an octagonal basin the sides of which are decorated with a band of fleur-de-lis and varied tracery below; the tracery includes pointed quatrefoils with and without inserts of triquetra, quatrilobe motifs, quatrefoils, etc.; the underbowl is part of the same piece and it has graded mouldings; the short base is a plain octagonal stem. The upper rim is much damaged and has probably had a section lopped off at the top. No cover present.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone?
Number of Pieces: 2
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: no lining
Rim Thickness: 11-16 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 76 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 98-106 cm
Basin Depth: 43 cm
Height of Basin Side: 29 cm
Basin Total Height: 60
Height of Base: 27 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 87 cm
Notes on Measurements: BSI on-site