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Holy Water Font, 19th century

  • Slovakian

Tin enameled pottery

  • Overall: 10 3/4 × 6 1/4 × 3 5/8 inches (27.3 × 15.9 × 9.2 cm)

Gift of the Art Museum Slovak Section of Detroit

40.82

Art Museum Slovak Section of Detroit (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

1940-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Robinson, Francis W. "A Gift of Slovak Peasant Pottery and Costumes," Bulletin of the DIA 20, no. 1 (October 1940): pp. 7-9.

Slovakian, Holy Water Font, 19th century, tin enameled pottery. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Art Museum Slovak Section of Detroit, 40.82.