Blexen

Described and illustrated in the Ludwig-Münstermann-Gesellschaft e.V. [https://www.ludwig-muenstermann.de/werke/kirchen/blexen] [accessed 21 July 2023] as a baptismal font made of sandstone by Onno Dierksen in 1642, as stated in the inscription [cf. Inscriptions field]; this source also identifies the supporting figure of the base as St. Willehad [cf. infra]. The entry for this church in the Kirchengemeinde Blexen [https://www.kirche-blexen.de/kirchen.html] [accessed 21 July 2023] notes that the baptismal font of 1642 was made by Onno Dierksen, a disciple/student of Ludwig Münstermann ["Der Taufstein von 1642 zeigt den hl. Willehad, der die Taufe – den christlichen Glauben – hier trägt, seit vor 1200 Jahren Karl der Große ihn mit der Christianisierung dieser Region beauftragt hatte. Er stammt von dem Münstermannschüler Onno Dierksen aus Langwarden."] The entry for this church in Wikipedia [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Hippolyt_(Blexen)] [accessed 21 July 2023] reports a baptismal font of 1642 by Onno Dircksen, a pupil of Münstermann's ["Das pokalförmige, steinerne Taufbecken von 1642 mit dem Meisterzeichen des Onno Dircksen , einem Schüler Münstermanns, wird von einer Figur des hl. Willehad getragen."]. The font consists of a roughly hemispherical basin, almost cylindrical, decorated with an assortment of motifs and symbols on the sides, including inscriptions; the base is an enthroned figure with an episcopal staff in his left hand, identified in one of the sources [cf. supra] as St. Willehad [aka Willihad, Willehadus, Willihadus], 8th-century Northumbrian missionary who became bishop of Bremen]. No cover present but there is a metal anchoring for a former font still visible in the upper rim side.