Holy Water Stoup
17th century (made)
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Holy water stoup of grey earthenware the front covered with slip and splashed with blue, with details incised or moulded in relief and applied. In the form of a flat escutcheon, with scalloped sides, the lower extremity shaped. In the middle is a concave vertical panel, rounded at top and bottom, on which is applied a crucifix in high relief. On either side of this panel is a pair of twisted coluumns rising from a console bracket. Between these brackets projects the water receptacle, of octagonal section, with a border of fleur de lys in compartments below the rim, the lower portions being gadrooned and narrowing.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Earthenware with moulded decoration splashed in blue |
| Brief description | Earthenware with moulded and incised decoration splashed with blue. French, 17th century. |
| Physical description | Holy water stoup of grey earthenware the front covered with slip and splashed with blue, with details incised or moulded in relief and applied. In the form of a flat escutcheon, with scalloped sides, the lower extremity shaped. In the middle is a concave vertical panel, rounded at top and bottom, on which is applied a crucifix in high relief. On either side of this panel is a pair of twisted coluumns rising from a console bracket. Between these brackets projects the water receptacle, of octagonal section, with a border of fleur de lys in compartments below the rim, the lower portions being gadrooned and narrowing. |
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| Credit line | Given by J.H. Fitzhenry. |
| Object history | Given by J.H. Fitzhenry. Formerly Victor Gay Collection. |
| Historical context | Note in Register: The fleur de lys suggests a French origin. A similar example with mottled violet glaze is in the collection of M. Pierre Turpin of Lille. |
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| Accession number | C.192-1909 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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