Baptismal Font and Lid
CultureEnglish
Dateca. 1860
MediumUnglazed porcelain (Parian ware)
DimensionsOverall: 12 3/4 × 6 1/2 inches (32.39 × 16.51 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur W. Swenson Jr.
Object numberF96-27/2 A,B
Markings(inside base within a cartouche): St. Mary Mag. / Oxford
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DescriptionHexagonal thick-walled vessel and thinner cover molded with design of gothic tracery; band of three squares with quatrefoils at rim of each panel of font and cover, heads on each angle of font with folioage between; trefoils with ovals in upper right and left in each panel around font sides; undecorated portion of each panel tapers inward and down to simple protruding flat horizontal band; two flat octagonal slabs form foot; cover tapers up and inward, surmounted by jagged gothic terminal.
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Jochen Wahl
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