Beautiful religious Italian Florentine bénitier (holy water font) featuring a classic Madonna and Child devotional image. It is a traditional wall-mounted container intended to hold holy water for domestic prayer and blessings. It features a distinct Florentine style, characterized by an ornate wooden frame decorated with gold-leaf gilding and hand-painted cobalt-blue highlights. The scrolling flourishes and delicate gold stenciling are hallmark traits of vintage decorative arts from the Florence region. The central lithograph depicts the Virgin Mary gazing serenely down at the infant Jesus. The font measures 9" in length and 4.5 " in width. The dept og the font bowl is 1.75." Items like these were typically crafted from wood with hand-tooled gilt details and were popular for home decoration.
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