Horn in Kinda No. 2

Results: 5 records

design element - motifs - foliage

design element - motifs - foliage

Scene Description: on the side panels of the stem

design element - motifs - moulding - graded

human figure - head - 4

Scene Description: cherubs'?

view of font in context

Scene Description: the mid-17thC font in the mid-18thC church

INFORMATION

FontID: 23060HOR
Church/Chapel: Horns kyrka
Church Location: Stångågatan 31, 590 42 Horn, Kinda Ö, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 494 29 04 40
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Östergötland, Östergötlands län
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 Location in Church: Inside the new church
Date: ca. 1625-1675?
Century and Period: 17th century(mid?), Renaissance? / Baroque?
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

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 57.901111, 15.838611
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 57° 54′ 4″ N, 15° 50′ 19″ E
UTM: 33V 549705 6418009

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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