Property from an Estate, Chicago and Savannah

Description:

4 Agate, Metal and Glass Holy Water Fonts, one with miniature of the Pieta in an ornate metal frame with opaque glass bowl, one with a miniature of Mary and the Christ child, inset into the decorative metal font, JHS under the miniature, with a red glass bowl, the third metal showing Mary with children, a cross and flowering tree, reading 'Laus Deo' on the bowl, glass bowl set into the metal, the final a pale pink agate stone with metal backing, featuring an applied gilt metal image of the Virgin Mother with lilies and reading 'Virgo,' a plaque below with title 'Vierge Au Lis Par Poncet,' and a small lidded metal bowl.

Measurements: Height: of agate, 8 3/8 in. x Width: 4 1/2 in. x Depth: 1 1/2 in.

Condition:

Overall good condition, metal with some tarnishing and wear to gilt.

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