SOLD
SIMILAR WANTED
We pay from £131
from £131
Ref: 9770
- Miniature Antique Travelling Antique Church Font In White Parian Ware
- A fantastic highly detailed font modelled on 'The Tournai font in Winchester Cathedral'.
- The Tournai Marble font is one of Winchester Cathedral’s greatest treasures and is still used for baptisms today. The font features scenes from the Miracles of St Nicholas of Myra on its four sides and may have been commissioned by Bishop Henry of Blois around 1150.
- Circa 1900.
- This is both a functional and decorative item.
- It is rare to find such an item in such good condition, complete with the lid.
- The font measures: 12" Tall (With Lid) x 5 ½" Square Base.
- This was reclaimed from a Methodist Church in Pembrokeshire.
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