Holy Water Font
Decorative Arts and Design
On View: Decorative Art, 19th Century, 4th Floor
MEDIUM
Porcelain
DATES
ca. 1877
DIMENSIONS
height: 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm); diameter: 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm) (show scale)
MARKINGS
on bottom: printed in green, company logo. Small circular mark near foot rim with small printed "M" below.
SIGNATURE
not signed
INSCRIPTIONS
no inscription
COLLECTIONS
Decorative Arts and Design
ACCESSION NUMBER
2000.127.7
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Rosemarie Haag Bletter and Martin Filler
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Font. Unglazed and glazed porcelain. In the Medieval taste. Small molded octagonal form in three sections. Uppermost octagonal section decorated on each side with molded medieval tracery with glazed hemispherical bowl. Stemmed middle section, decorated on each side with paired long, narrow, arched Gothic windows all raised on small, undecorated octagonal foot.
CONDITION - Very good; normal wear.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is on view in Decorative Art, 19th Century, 4th Floor
CAPTION
Worcester Royal Porcelain Co. (founded 1751). Holy Water Font, ca. 1877. Porcelain, height: 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm); diameter: 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Rosemarie Haag Bletter and Martin Filler, 2000.127.7. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, COLL.2000.127.7.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, COLL.2000.127.7.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2014
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