Horn in Kinda No. 2
Results: 5 records
human figure - head - 4
Scene Description: cherubs'?
design element - motifs - foliage
view of font in context
Scene Description: the mid-17thC font in the mid-18thC church
design element - motifs - foliage
Scene Description: on the side panels of the stem
design element - motifs - moulding - graded
INFORMATION
Font ID: 23060HOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1625-1675?
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(mid?), Renaissance? / Baroque?
Church / Chapel Name: Horns kyrka
Font Location in Church: Inside the new church
Church Address: Stångågatan 31, 590 42 Horn, Kinda Ö, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 494 29 04 40
Site Location: Östergötland, Östergötlands län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the E660-E661 crossroads, just W of road 135, in the municipality of Kinda, N of the county border between Kalmar and Östergötland
Ecclesiastic Region: Linköpings stift
Historical Region: Kinda härad
Font Notes:
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The entry for this church in the Riksantikvarieämbetet Bebyggelseregistret [www.bebyggelseregistret.raa.se/bbr2/byggnad/visaHistorik.raa?page=historik&visaHistorik=true&byggnadId=21400000087331] [accessed 26 December 2020] reports a wooden font, dated between 1625 and 1675, that replaced the medieval one; the wooden baptismal in use in this church consists of an octagonal basin decorated with human heads and foliage, raised on a square pedestal base with foliage on the side panels, with a moulded lower base; the whole fits in the style of fonts introduced in Swedish churches in the 17th century to replace medieval fonts. No cover present.
COORDINATES
UTM: 33V 549705 6418009
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 57.901111, 15.838611
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 57° 54′ 4″ N, 15° 50′ 19″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: wood
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: octagonal
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal