Silver baptismal font of the Swedish royal family, made of silver from Sumatra and worked on between 1696 and 1707 by the French silversmith Jean François Cousinet. [1000×1503]
Silver baptismal font of the Swedish royal family, made of silver from Sumatra and worked on between 1696 and 1707 by the French silversmith Jean François Cousinet. [1000×1503]
In the late 1600 hundreds Sweden was attempting to establish trade routes between Indonesia and themselves, these plans fell through (because of an empire ending war) and only one shipment was made 50 kilograms of silver from Sumatra which went into this baptismal font. It was in all likelihood designed by the architect Nicodemus Tessin the younger who also designed the royal palace in Stockholm. Though no royals were born until 1746 when it was first used for the baptism of Gustav III and most recently it was used for the baptism of prince Oscar in 2016 seen [here](https://www.kungahuset.se/images/18.76b0434718bf0bb06c184528/1701700112535/160527%20PRO%20Dop%2004%20foto%20Claudio%20Bresciani%20TT.jpg).
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In the late 1600 hundreds Sweden was attempting to establish trade routes between Indonesia and themselves, these plans fell through (because of an empire ending war) and only one shipment was made 50 kilograms of silver from Sumatra which went into this baptismal font. It was in all likelihood designed by the architect Nicodemus Tessin the younger who also designed the royal palace in Stockholm. Though no royals were born until 1746 when it was first used for the baptism of Gustav III and most recently it was used for the baptism of prince Oscar in 2016 seen [here](https://www.kungahuset.se/images/18.76b0434718bf0bb06c184528/1701700112535/160527%20PRO%20Dop%2004%20foto%20Claudio%20Bresciani%20TT.jpg).