Eftra
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design element - motifs - rope moulding
Scene Description: framing the panels of the basin sides
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920503F2] [accessed 7 May 2021]
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Eftra kyrka sedd från länsväg N 610, Falkenbergs kommun, Halland, Hallands län, Sverige."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Gunnar Creutz, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph 4 August 2016 by Gunnar Creutz [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eftra_kyrka_5074.jpg] [accessed 7 May 2021]
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Richard Skinner, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph 8 April 2011 by Richard Skinner [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eftra_Kyrka.jpg] [accessed 7 May 2021]
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view of church interior - baptismal dish
![Source caption: "Eftra kyrka [...] Dopfat."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0210507020_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Eftra kyrka [...] Dopfat."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: edited detail of a digital image [2011-16.TIF] of a 1918 B&W photograph by Sigfrid Gunnäs, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eftra_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200032879.jpg] [accessed 7 May 2021]
Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden
view of font
![Source caption: "Eftra kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sten."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0210507019_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Eftra kyrka [...] Dopfunt av sten."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2011-15.TIF] of a 1908 B&W photograph by Sigfrid Gunnäs, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eftra_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200032877.jpg] [accessed 7 May 2021]
Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden
view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Statens Historiska Museum, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920503F2] [accessed 7 May 2021]
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view of font in context
![Source caption: "Eftra kyrka [...] Korets södra del. Efter restaurering."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0210507018_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Eftra kyrka [...] Korets södra del. Efter restaurering."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [2011-13.TIF] of a 1931 B&W photograph by Axel Forssén, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eftra_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200032873.jpg] [accessed 7 May 2021]
Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden
INFORMATION
FontID: 23296EFT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1 (basin only)
Church/Chapel: Eftra kyrka
Church Patron Saints: [original chaurch dedicated to St. Mary?]
Church Location: Eftra kyrkby 123, 311 67 Heberg, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 346 372 30
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Halland, Hallands län
Directions to Site: Located off (W) local road N610, W of highway E6, in the municipality and 10 km S of Falkenberg
Ecclesiastic Region: Göteborgs stift
Historical Region: Årstads härad
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, E side
Century and Period: 13th century [basin only] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Church Notes: only the font basin remains from the original church here [NB: a church dedicated to St. Mary is said to have existed here in the 11thC]; present church 1822-1824 but the tower is modified from the 1779 original
Font Notes:
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Noted in Hallbäck (1969). Noted and illustrated in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920503F2] as a font basin made of granite in the 13th century, a Danish work; the original base is missing and the basin rests now on a modern round-to-square pedestal base. No cover present.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 56.85675, 12.652667
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 56° 51′ 24.3″ N, 12° 39′ 9.6″ E
UTM: 33V 356873 6303896
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Diameter (includes rim): 71 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 98 cm* [includes modern base]
Notes on Measurements: * SHM Medeltidens bildvärld [ref.: 920503F2]
REFERENCES
Hallbäck, Sven Axel, Medeltida dopfuntar i Halland, 1969