{"product_id":"holy-water-font-limoges-enamel-on-bronze-by-emile-bouasse-solid-bronze-back-marble-base-circa-1870","title":"Holy Water Font, Limoges Enamel On Bronze, by Emile Bouasse, Solid Bronze Back, Marble Base circa 1870","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHoly Water Font, Beautiful Limoges Enamel On Bronze, Gothic Style Enamelled Font, Bronze Back, circa 1890, 24 x 14 cm Excellent Condition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBouasse Jeune was a prominent Parisian printing house founded in 1867 by Émile Alfred Bouasse (1832–1883), the younger son of publisher Eulalie Lebel, following a family dispute that split the original Bouasse-Lebel firm. Located first at 2, rue Molière and then at 9, rue Mabillon in the Saint-Sulpice neighborhood, the company specialized in religious imagery, pious objects, and chromolithography, earning significant acclaim and even a papal commendation for its products.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMost people would be familiar with Bouasse Jeune or Bouasse Lebel from the Holy Cards that both companies produced as they were predominantly printers. However, Bouasse Jeune also produced a few high quality crosses, crucifixes, Corpus Christi and this amazing Holy Water font.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA truly beautiful Holy Water Font with a lovely cross which has been wonderfully etched and enamelled by the master craftsmen at Limoges in France where this art was perfected, for Bouasse Jeune.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEvery detail is perfect on the cross and on the font itself. The cross is elevated from the back plate which gives a stunning 3D effect and, unusually for this type of font, the bronze from which the cross and font are made is very thick, as is the hefty back plate on which it sits.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe cross is 15 x 10 centimetres. The stunning piece of marble is 23 x 15 x 1 centimetres and the back plates, with the mark of Bouasse Jeune, is 24.5 x 15.5 x 0.3 centimetres.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis wonderful piece is substantial as it weighs 1.2 kilos.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe benitier is in excellent antique condition. It measures 24 cm in height, 14 cm at its widest point.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt has a bronze ring set into the bronze back plate for wall hanging.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA truly remarkable and very beautiful piece.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"French Antique Collections","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53669150196053,"sku":null,"price":320.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0176\/5687\/3014\/files\/20260412_122349.jpg?v=1775990831","url":"https:\/\/frenchantiquecollections.com\/products\/holy-water-font-limoges-enamel-on-bronze-by-emile-bouasse-solid-bronze-back-marble-base-circa-1870","provider":"French Antique Collections","version":"1.0","type":"link"}