Bydgoszcz No. 1 / Bidgoscha / Bidgosciam / Budegosta / Bromberg / Bydgosta / Bydgostia / Bydgoszcz / Bydgoszcza

Baptismal font made of gold-plated brass, consisting of a roughly hemispherical basin decorated with a roll moulting at the upper rim; on a round pedestal base and splaying lower base decorated with mouldings. Matching cover of the same material; lower dome has handles on the sides; moulded round upper half and floriated Latin cross finial. The whole has an odd look resembling an alchemical still. [NB: a photograph of this font [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bdg_Katedra_chrzcielnica_07-2013.jpg] [accessed 29 October 2015] is captioned: "Katedra w Bydgoszczy. Późnorenesansowa, mosiężna chrzcielnica, pozłacana (1611 r.), fundowa­na przez Wojciecha Łochowskiego burmistrza bydgoskiego, z rytymi przedstawieniami świętych Woj­ciecha i Mikołaja oraz Chrztu w Jordanie, z gmerkiem i monogramem fundatora.", which appears to indicated that there are engraved depictions on it of the patron saints of the church, as well as one of the Baptism of Christ in the Jordan, but the images show neither [To be completed]]