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Pandolfo di Urbano Cattani, prior of the church of Sant' Andrea a Camoggiano, Barberino di Mugello, commissioned in around 1505 a hexagonal baptismal font constructed of six white glazed reliefs illustrating episodes from the life of St John the Baptist. The relief of the Baptism of Christ was stolen from the church at some point before the 18th century.
The scenes are interspersed with decorated pilasters surmounted by Corinthian columns; a variety of moldings of classical design adorn the upper and lower portions of the structure. All of the reliefs are entirely glazed in white with the addition of gilding and touches of cobalt and manganese, and they are separated into two groups: the first including scenes from St John's youth and the second with scenes from his mature years. The subjects include: St John taking leave of his parents, St John in the desert and St John and the young Christ, St John preaching to the multitudes, his baptism of the crowds and the stolen subject, the Baptism of Christ.
The font, now with five panels, is preserved in the Museo d'Arte Sacra a Vicchio in Mugello. The sixth panel is in a private collection.
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