Hogsater / Högsäter
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Scene Description: Source caption: "år 1980 (sic) sökte man utan framgång avlägsna den äldre (ursprungliga ?) färgen, varefter ornamentala detaljer guldbronserades och hela funten blankfernissades"
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 930712F4] [accessed 3 April 2021]
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design element - motifs - moulding
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 930712F4] [accessed 3 April 2021]
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design element - motifs - vine
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 930712F4] [accessed 3 April 2021]
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design element - motifs - rope moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 930712F4] [accessed 3 April 2021]
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view of church exterior in context - southeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Högsäters kyrka och kyrkogård i Högsäter norr om Färgelanda i Dalsland."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © D.O.G.A., 2016
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 14 August 2016 by D.O.G.A. [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Högsäters_kyrka_och_kyrkogård_07.jpg] [accessed 3 April 2021]
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view of font in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Lars Bergström, Västarvet, 2004
Image Source: digital photograph of 11 May 2004 by Lars Bergström, Västarvet, in the Riksantikvarieämbetet [...] (CNV00016.JPG)
[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Högsäterskyrka21500001404011.jpg] [accessed 3 April 2021]
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view of church interior - looking east
![the medieval font is visible on the chancel, right [south] side](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1210403034_compressed.png)
Scene Description: the medieval font is visible on the chancel, right [south] side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Lars Bergström, Västarvet, 2004
Image Source: digital photograph of 11 May 2004 by Lars Bergström, Västarvet, in the Riksantikvarieämbetet [...] (CNV00009.JPG)
[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Högsäterskyrka21500001404007.jpg] [accessed 3 April 2021]
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view of font in context
Scene Description: "Text på baksida av bild:" Dalsland Högsäter sn kyrkan. Dopfunt Foto: Vänersborgs Museum"."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Vänersborgs museum, 2014
Image Source: digital image [VMHÖG0022] of a 1944 B&W photograph by Nils Ivan Svensson, in the VM Foto collection, Vänersborgs museum [https://digitaltmuseum.se/021015597397/hogsater-kyrka-dopfunt] [accessed 3 April 2021]
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design element - motifs - piping - 4
Scene Description: at the corners of the upper base
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 930712F4] [accessed 3 April 2021]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 23255HOG
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1200?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Dalslandsgruppen [SHM]
Church / Chapel Name: Högsäters kyrka
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the SE corner
Church Notes: late-medieval church of stone; modified 18thC; demolished 1909 except for the 1732 sacristy, made into a funeral chapel; new church built 1902; major renovation 1975-1979; renovated 1992
Church Address: Allévägen 28, 458 70 Högsäter, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 528 750 50
Site Location: Dalsland, Västra Götalands län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off local road O2117, in the municipality and about 10 km SSW of Färgelanda
Ecclesiastic Region: Kaelstads stift
Historical Region: Valbo härad
Additional Comments: painted font (painted 1970s; after attempt to remove the older paint, repainted 1980(?))
Font Notes:
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Noted and illustrated in Hallbäck (1959) as a baptismal font made of of soapstone in the 13th century, the base of a kind of stone unique to Dalsland; damage repairs in cement; painted in the 1970s renovation of the church. Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 930712F4] as a baptismal font of the Dalslandsgruppen made of soapstone ca. 1200; the SHM further notes that an attempt was made to remove the earlier paint but it failed and the font was repainted with gilded accents. No cover present.
COORDINATES
UTM: 33V 329228 6504462
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 58.646722, 12.057083
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 58° 38′ 48.2″ N, 12° 3′ 25.5″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, soapstone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 65 cm**
Font Height (less Plinth): 75 cm* / **
Notes on Measurements: * Hallbäck (1959) / ** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 930712F4]
REFERENCES
- Hallbäck, Sven Axel, Medeltida dopfuntar på Dal, Vänersborg: [Vänersborgs museum], 1959, p. 20, 33