Hogsater / Högsäter
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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 - piping - 4
Scene Description: at the corners of the upper base
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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 - 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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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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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 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
Scene Description: Source caption: "år 1980 (sic) sökte man utan framgång avlägsna den äldre (ursprungliga ?) färgen, varefter ornamentala detaljer guldbronserades och hela funten blankfernissades"
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 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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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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INFORMATION
FontID: 23255HOG
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Högsäters kyrka
Church Location: Allévägen 28, 458 70 Högsäter, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 528 750 50
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Dalsland, Västra Götalands län
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
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the SE corner
Date: ca. 1200?
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Dalslandsgruppen [SHM]
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
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
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 58.646722, 12.057083
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 58° 38′ 48.2″ N, 12° 3′ 25.5″ E
UTM: 33V 329228 6504462
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, soapstone
Number of Pieces: 2
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
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