Torslanda No. 2

Results: 5 records

inscription

view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: the 17thC baptismal font is partially visible here to the right of the pulpit

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Image Source: digital image [627-10.TIF] of a 1942 B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Torslanda_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200006808.jpg] [accessed 28 March 2021]

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view of font

Scene Description: the font must have been brought out of the church temporarily during renovation

view of font in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Torslanda kyrka [...] Dopfunt av trä. 1690."

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Image Source: digital image [627-42.TIF] of a 1917 B&W photograph by Henrik Cornell, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Torslanda_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200006890.jpg] [accessed 28 March 2021]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Torslanda kyrka [...] Dopfunt av trä. 1690. Efter rest."

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Image Source: digital image [627-53.TIF] of a 1956 B&W photograph by Thorbjörn Engblad, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Torslanda_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200006918.jpg] [accessed 28 March 2021]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 19622TOR
Church/Chapel: Torslanda Kyrka
Church Patron Saints: [the Holy Trinity but without official dedication]
Church Location: Torslanda kyrkväg, 423 32 Torslanda, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 31 731 68 50
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Bohuslän, Västra Götalands län
Directions to Site: Located off the Kongahällavägen, on the island of Hisingen, in the municipality of Torslanda
Ecclesiastic Region: Göteborgs stift
Historical Region: Västra Hisings härad
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: 1690
Century and Period: 17th century(late), Baroque
Baptismal font made of painted wood date 1690 by an inscription; the tapering hexagonal basin has a carved garland all around; raised on a hexagonal pedestal with decorated panels; splaying lower base. [cf. Index entry for Torslanda No. 1 for the medieval font of this church]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 57.725042, 11.769056
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 57° 43′ 30.15″ N, 11° 46′ 8.6″ E
UTM: 32V 664902 6401469

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: wood
Font Shape: hexagonal (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: hexagonal

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: letters and numbers
Inscription Location: painted on the basin sides
Inscription Text: "ANNO 1690"