Torrskog
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design element - motifs - roll moulding
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design element - motifs - rope moulding
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view of church exterior in context - southeast view
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view of church exterior in context - southeast view
![Source caption: "Torrskogs kyrka [...] Flygfoto från söder. Vykort.:"](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0210405042_compressed.png)
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Image Source: digital image [3296-6.TIF] of an undated postcard, photograph by O. Lilljeqvist, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Torrskogs_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200012215.jpg] [accessed 5 April 2021]
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view of church interior - looking east
![Source caption: "Torrskogs kyrka [...] Interiör mot öster, före restaureringen 1938. Vykort." -- showing the medieval font on the right [south] side, by the window](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0210405043_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Torrskogs kyrka [...] Interiör mot öster, före restaureringen 1938. Vykort." -- showing the medieval font on the right [south] side, by the window
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Image Source: digital image [3296-16.TIF] of an undated postcard, photograph by Eric Ericson, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Torrskogs_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200012245.jpg] [accessed 5 April 2021]
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design element - motifs - rope moulding
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 930715F3] [accessed 5 April 2021]
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design element - motifs - moulding - graded
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 23266TOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Dalslandsgruppen [SHM]
Cognate Fonts: other such fonts in this group
Church / Chapel Name: Torrskogs kyrka
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, SE corner
Church Notes: wooden church replaced by present stone church of 1767 on the same medieval site; much modified since; restored 1937-1938; renovated 1998;
Church Address: Torrskogs Stom Kyrkviken 2, 666 91 Bengtsfors, Sweden
Site Location: Dalsland, Västra Götalands län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off local road O2212, on the W shore of the Lelång, in the municipality and 20 km NNW of Bengtsfors
Ecclesiastic Region: Karlstads stift
Historical Region: Vedbo härad
Font Notes:
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Noted and illustrated in Hallbäck (1959) as a baptismal font made of soapstone in the 13th century. Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 930715F3] as a baptismal font of the Dalslandsgruppen made of soapstone ca. 1200. No cover present.
COORDINATES
UTM: 33V 333177 6562608
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 59.169786, 12.081344
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 59° 10′ 11.23″ N, 12° 4′ 52.84″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, soapstone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: tub-shaped, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 61 cm**
Font Height (less Plinth): 72 cm* / 74 cm**
Notes on Measurements: * Hallbäck (1959) / ** SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 930715F3]
REFERENCES
- Hallbäck, Sven Axel, Medeltida dopfuntar på Dal, Vänersborg: [Vänersborgs museum], 1959, p. 32