Maiolica holy water stoup with a saint and cherubs

An image of Maiolica. Holy water stoup. Unknown, maker, Puglia, Laterza. The shield-shaped back has two suspension holes at the top below moulded scrolls, and at the bottom a receptacle for Holy Water, formed by an applied half-cone moulded in relief with a winged cherub's head. On each side there is an applied twisted column with a pointed leaf at the base and a three-dimensional cherub at the top. St Anthony of Padua or St Dominic, stands facing to the left holding a bunch of lilies in his right hand and a book under his left arm. Dark buff earthenware, tin-glazed on the front. Painted in polychrome, with manganese-purple outlines and shading. Height, whole, 3.8 cm, diameter, whole, 22.0 cm, circa 1700- 1800. Baroque.

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Maiolica. Holy water stoup. Unknown, maker, Puglia, Laterza. The shield-shaped back has two suspension holes at the top below moulded scrolls, and at the bottom a receptacle for Holy Water, formed by an applied half-cone moulded in relief with a winged cherub's head. On each side there is an applied twisted column with a pointed leaf at the base and a three-dimensional cherub at the top. St Anthony of Padua or St Dominic, stands facing to the left holding a bunch of lilies in his right hand and a book under his left arm. Dark buff earthenware, tin-glazed on the front. Painted in polychrome, with manganese-purple outlines and shading. Height, whole, 3.8 cm, diameter, whole, 22.0 cm, circa 1700- 1800. Baroque.

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Accession Number: C.2275-1928
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/16.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 710 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.6 (Macintosh)
Filesize: 195.84kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 16/1
Captured: 2014:03:04 10:26:40

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18th Century Artistic Movement Baroque Catholic Catholicism Date Department Fitz_AA Italian Lilium Material Medium Nationalities Object Type Other Keywords People St Anthony St Anthony of Padua St Dominic Workflow _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPACtd _WF_PCtd box cherubs columns cone conical earthenware glazed halo holy water stoup lilies lily male manganese monastic monks moulded mouldings painted polychrome receptacle religion religious saints stoup tin-glazed tonsure twisted winged wings

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