Petzow
Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2012
Image and permission received (e-mail of 2 December 2012)
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view of church exterior - south view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 September 2012 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 2 December 2012)
view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 September 2012 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 2 December 2012)
INFORMATION
FontID: 19625PET
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Dorfkirche zu Petzow
Church Location: Fercher Straße 50B, 14542 Werder (Havel), Germany -- Tel.: +49 177 305 44 36
Country Name: Germany
Location: Potsdam-Mittelmark, Brandenburg
Directions to Site: Located in Havel, near Werder
Date: ca. 1842?
Century and Period: 19th century (mid?), Modern
Workshop/Group/Artisan: wooden font
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photographs of church and font
Church Notes: church built 1842; was there a castle chapel with font in the Petzow Schloss?
Font Notes:
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Wooden font in the shape of a tall slender pedestal of octagonal shape with simple quatrefoil motifs on the 'basin' sides; the basin is really a metal insert that fits atop the wooden object.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.345556, 12.944444
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 20′ 44″ N, 12° 56′ 40″ E
UTM: 33U 359982 5801462
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: wood
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal