Alvsered / Älvsered / Elfsered / Toppered

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design element - motifs - flat moulding

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Image Source: digital image [1994-003.tif] of a September 1908 B&W photograph by Sigfrid Gunnäs, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Älvsereds_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16001000011524.jpg] [accessed 11 September 2020]

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view of church exterior - southwest view

Scene Description: the 1838 church that replaced the medieval building; the old site is about 2 km south of this

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mats Winbro, 2013

Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 March 2013 by Mats Winbro [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Älvsereds_kyrka_exteriör.jpg] [accessed 11 September 2020]

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: the 1838 church that replaced the medieval building; the old site is about 2 km south of this -- the top of the font is partly visible in the coutheast corner, by the processional cross

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mats Winbro, 2013

Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 March 2013 by Mats Winbro [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Älvsereds_kyrka_interiör.jpg] [accessed 11 September 2020]

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Älvsereds kyrka [...] Dopfunt av granit, utan uttömningshål. Cylindrisk cuppa, osirad. Foten hör ej ursprungligen till cuppan. Sent 1200-tal (?)."

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Image Source: digital image [1994-003.tif] of a September 1908 B&W photograph by Sigfrid Gunnäs, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Älvsereds_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16001000011524.jpg] [accessed 11 September 2020]

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Älvsereds kyrka dopfunt, tillverkad i Funtaliden i Fagered"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mats Winbro, 2013

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 11 March 2013 by Mats Winbro [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Älvsereds_kyrka_dopfunt.jpg] [accessed 11 September 2020]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Älvsereds kyrka. Dopfunt." [NB: there must have been another font in use at the time, 1891]

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Image Source: digital image [1M16-B145046:3196] of a B&W photograph taken in 1891 by Sanfrid Welin, in the VGM Foto collection, Västergötlands museum [https://digitaltmuseum.se/021017201964/alvsereds-kyrka-dopfunt] [accessed 11 September 2020]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 22894ALV
Church/Chapel: Älvsereds kyrka
Church Location: [NB: address and coordinates are for the new church] Centrumvägen 1, 311 63 Älvsered, Sweden -- Tel.: : +46 346 372 00
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län
Directions to Site: Located in Toppered, in the municipality of Falkenberg -- the medieval church was located close to Högvadsån, about 2 km S of the present church
Ecclesiastic Region: Skara stift
Historical Region: Kinds härad
Font Location in Church: Inside the new church. in the SE corner
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Church Notes: medieval church demolished ca. 1837; presdent church 1838
Reported in Hallbäck (1966) as a composite font made up of a roughly bucket-shaped basin of granit and a round pedestal base decorated with a single flat molding and made of hornblende, a silicate mineral. No cover present. No entry found for this font in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld. [NB: there must have been another font in use in 1891 becaused a photograph [cf. ImagesArea] taken that year shows the font in an inaccessible corner below the gallery stairs)

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 57.24131, 12.86722
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 57° 14′ 28.72″ N, 12° 52′ 1.99″ E
UTM: 33V 371290 6346263

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, mixed [cf. FontNotes]
Number of Pieces: 2
Font Shape: bucket-shaped (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Basin Total Height: 45 cm*
Height of Base: 39 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 84 cm [calculated]
Notes on Measurements: * Hallbäck (1966)

REFERENCES

Hallbäck, Sven Axel, "Medeltida dopfuntar i Sjuhäradsbygden", Från Borås och de sju häradena 1966, 1966