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Holy Water Font Box

Decorative Arts and Design

MEDIUM Leather, textiles, cardboard
  • Place Manufactured: Worcester, England
  • DATES ca. 1877
    MARKINGS no marks no marks
    SIGNATURE not signed
    INSCRIPTIONS no inscriptions
    ACCESSION NUMBER 2000.127.8
    CREDIT LINE Gift of Rosemarie Haag Bletter and Martin Filler
    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Font Box. Leather, cardboard, and silk. Small rectangular form tapered towards one end. Slightly curved convex lid. Thin parallel double lines outline the edge of lid. CONDITION - Fair: heavy wear including scratches on the lid, sides and bottom of box. Black tape applied along one side. Tear on the inside rim of lid. Interior slightly rubbed, but in otherwise good condition. Hinges missing and clasp broken off.
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