Antique French Holy Water Font comings-soon The bronze has a warm

The bronze has a warm aged patina that gives it a lovely antique presence

The painting exhibits age-related craquelure and minor surface wear

layering into a gallery wall

goddess of wisdom and war — rendered with confident

Antique French Holy Water Font comings-soon The bronze has a warmA striking example of 19th century French domestic piety, this wall mounted holy water font known in French as a bnitier de maison would have held pride of place at the entrance of a Catholic household, allowing the faithful to bless themselves upon entering or leaving the home. The central relief is a tour de force of devotional craftsmanship: a winged angelrendered in silver toned spelter kneels reverently before a Latin cross, arms outstretched in