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Holy water stoup with angel's heads and flowering plants
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Holy water stoup with angel's heads and flowering plants

anonymous · c. 1750 - c. 1799 · vitrification; appliqué (techniek); relief (sculpture technique); fired; formed; stoneware; glaze; cobalt (mineral)

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Stoneware holy water font with a semicircular basin. Decorated in cobalt blue. On the basin in relief stamped and applied the cross and the inscription 'IHS', surrounded by angel heads and flowering plants. The backplate also with a flowering plant. Westerwald.

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holy water stoup
Credit lineHoly water stoup with angel's heads and flowering plants. c. 1750 - c. 1799. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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