UNKNOWN GOLDSMITH, Italian
(active c. 1621 in Florence)

Holy Water Pail

1621
Embossed and chiseled silver, 23 x 17 cm
Museo Diocesano, Pistoia

This object for use during religious rites is a beautiful Florentine example of the art of the silversmith. It was used to contain holy water.




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