Antique French 15.5" Holy Water Font or Benitier, Champleve Enamel & Onyx, Personalized Souvenir document Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens

or Baccarat

There is also a split in the bottom/base wood panel

Not a single bug bite or nip or chip or crack to ruin the perfection of this one

much to our collective dismay

Antique French 15.5" Holy Water Font or Benitier, Champleve Enamel & Onyx, Personalized Souvenir document Charles DickensFabulous antique French Napoleon III to Belle Epoque era Holy water font or "benitier" with colorful and ornate champleve enamel on bronze cross & water font, beveled pale onyx plaque and mounted on a larger navy velvet covered wood panel! The addition of the label on the back with hand written personalization, etc. a fun aspect. I can't quite make out all of the script but you can see the dates and that it was a "Souvenir de Famille" (family memory)