Zonnemaire / Sonnemare

The entry for this church in the Rijksmonumentenregister [https://monumentenregister.cultureelerfgoed.nl/monumenten/11212] [accessed 10 November 2021] mentions the date of the present building but not the pulpit or its stone base of a former baptismal font. Information sent to BSI by Pol Herman (e-mail of 9 November 2021) notes "the pulpit comes from the old church building, the marble base is from the old baptismal font of the previous church. It is upside down, under the pulpit." Pol Herman refers to an earlier source (De Tijdspiegel. Jaargang 26(1869) Verslag der Commissie der Koninklijke Akademie van wetenschappen tot het opsporen, het behoud en het bekendmaken van de overblijfsels der vaderlandsche kunst uit vroegere tijden. Overgedrukt uit het Jaarboek voor den jare 1868. Amsterdam, C.G. van der Post, 1868) which had recommended: "to take the stone baptismal font that was used as the foot of our pulpit, but instead of a wooden foot give us only this: a wooden foot. We warn that thirty guilders costs such a wooden foot, then there is the expense for carriage and freight, and besides, this font is characterized neither in shape, nor in workmanship, nor also by great age." Apparently the recommendation of 1868 was no acted on. The entry for this church in Reliwiki [https://reliwiki.nl/index.php/Zonnemaire,_Professor_Zeemanstraat_2_-_4_-_Hervormde_Kerk] [accessed 10 November 2021] notes: "De kansel komt uit het oude kerkgebouw, de marmeren voet is van de oude doopvont van de vorige kerk. Deze staat ondersteboven, onder de kansel."