Kralingen

INFORMATION

FontID: 24141KRA

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Parish Church

Church Location: 3061 EL Rotterdam, Netherlands

Country Name: Netherlands

Location: Zuid-Holland

Directions to Site: Kralingen was formerly a municipality to the E of Rotterdam; it is now a part of the city

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help in documenting it

Font Notes: Click to view

A communication from Pol Herman to BSI (e-mail of 24 July 2022) informs of an account of the church wardens of the Protestant church in Kralingen in Rotterdams Jaarboekje. - 3e reeks, jrg. 4 (1926) ; p. XLIX. ; Rekening van kerkmeesters van Kralingen, 1686/89. Inv. 13, noting the sale of a baptismal font of arduin limestone with its pedestal here in 1686-1689.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 603642 5753770

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone