Holy Water Font

About the Artwork

Title Holy Water Font

Artwork Date 19th century

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Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. Slovakian

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Medium Tin enameled pottery

Dimensions Overall: 8 1/2 × 5 7/8 × 4 1/2 inches (21.6 × 14.9 × 11.4 cm)

Classification Ceramics

Department European Sculpture and Dec Arts

Credit Gift of the Art Museum Slovak Section of Detroit

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 40.81

Copyright Public Domain