Flistad nr. Skövde No. 2 / Flygsta / Flysta

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the 1693 wooden font -- Source caption: "Dopfunt, skulpterad i trä, oktogonal cuppa uppburen av putti, 1700-talet. Efter konservering."
Scene Description: the 1693 wooden font -- Source caption: "Dopfunt, skulpterad i trä, oktogonal cuppa uppburen av putti, 1700-talet. Efter konservering."
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Image Source: digital image [2821-043.tif] of an undated B&W photograph by Olle Hellström, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flistads_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200154674.jpg] [accessed 20 July 2020]
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the 1693 wooden font; the wings are missing in this photograph -- Source caption: "Dopfunt, skulpterad i trä, oktogonal cuppa uppburen av putti, 1700-talet. Efter konservering."
Scene Description: the 1693 wooden font; the wings are missing in this photograph -- Source caption: "Dopfunt, skulpterad i trä, oktogonal cuppa uppburen av putti, 1700-talet. Efter konservering."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2821-045.tif] of a 1939 B&W photograph by Olle Hellström, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flistads_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200154677.jpg] [accessed 20 July 2020]
Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden

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Source caption: "Här finns även en mindre dopfunt i trä från 1693, nedanför en ängel, skuren i trä"
Scene Description: Source caption: "Här finns även en mindre dopfunt i trä från 1693, nedanför en ängel, skuren i trä"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Barbro Thörn, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph by Barbro Thörn, in Kyrkokartan.se [www.kyrkokartan.se/058221/images/58221_13870472] [accessed 20 July 2020]
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INFORMATION

FontID: 22807FLI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Flistads kyrka
Church Location: Flistads kyrkby, 549 91 Tidan, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län
Directions to Site: Located by the famous prehistoric site Kung Ranes hög (RAÄ-nr Flistad 12:1), on the W banks of Östen lake, 5 km SW of Tidan, in the municipality and about 20 km NNE of Skövde
Ecclesiastic Region: Skara stift
Historical Region: Vadsbo härad / formerly Skaraborgs län
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the chancel [cf. FontNotes]
Date: 1693
Century and Period: 17th century(late), Baroque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: wooden font
Font Notes:
The entry for this church in Svenska kyrkan [www.svenskakyrkan.se/norrabilling/flistads-kyrka] [accessed 20 July 2020] reports a wooden font of 1693 in this church, in the chancel [="I koret finns också en dopfunt i trä från år 1693."]. The font is a small octagonal basin with floral decoration on the sides being carried on the head of a chubby putto-like cherub; the hands of the putto carry an object that happens to cover its pudenda. No cover present.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 58.5578, 13.959
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 58° 33' 28.1" N, 13° 57' 32.4" E
UTM: 33V 439429 6491284

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: wood
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal