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Holy water bucket, round
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Holy water bucket, round

c. 1450 - c. 1500 · turning; riveted; casting; brass (alloy)

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

About this work

The object is composed of the following parts: the bucket (cast and turned), the two attachments (cast and riveted to the bucket), the handle (cast). In the bottom, at the underside, is the center hole, surrounded by two sets of two ring profiles. Furthermore, both there and on the foot and in the wall, at respectively 3, 4, and 5 places, the remains of the pins are visible, with which the casting core was fixed and which gave the wall a uniform thickness. The bucket stands on a sloping, profiled hollow foot. The wall of the bucket is decorated in the middle with a strong, profiled, somewhat pointed rib, and with a rib on the upper and lower halves. The transition to the profiled overhanging rim is also formed by a strong, somewhat pointed rib. The attachments are busts in the form of a woman. The handle, roughly rhomboid in cross-section, has the form of a trefoil, of which the top is flattened. There, a piece is inserted.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
aspersorium
Credit lineWijwateremmer, rond. c. 1450 - c. 1500. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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