BOTTLE, HOLY WATER
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- BAPTISMAL FLASK
- Date Range From
- 1960
- Date Range To
- 1970
- Materials
- PLASTIC, CHROME
- Catalogue Number
- P19960116010
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- BAPTISMAL FLASK
- Date Range From
- 1960
- Date Range To
- 1970
- Materials
- PLASTIC, CHROME
- No. Pieces
- 3
- Height
- 16.2
- Length
- 7.4
- Width
- 3
- Description
- BEIGE PLASTIC FLASK WITH CHROME LID. BOTTLE IS RECTANGULAR FLASK WITH ROUNDED SIDES AND CRESCENT BODY. BOTH FRONT AND BACK HAVE RIBBED VERTICAL LINES MOLDED INTO PLASTIC AT SIDES. RAISED ON BOTTOM OF FLASK IS A CROWN LOGO. FLASK HAS SIMPLE CHROME CAP WITH GROOVED EDGE GRIP AND THREADED TO FIT ON BOTTLE. CYLINDRICAL CHROME LID FITS OVER CAP LIKE A THERMOS TOP. LID HAS ROUNDED TOP AND FLARED BOTTOM. ALSO HAS THREADS MOULDED INTO IT TO SCREW DOWN ON BOTTLE. WRITTEN IN RED INK ON SIDE OF BOTTLE IS A SMALL RED CROSS AND BAPTISMAL WATER. BOTTLE HAS BROWN WATER SCALE INSIDE AND GREEN CORROSION AROUND MOUTH.
- Subjects
- CEREMONIAL ARTIFACT
- Historical Association
- RELIGION
- HEALTH SERVICES
- History
- BAPTISMAL FLASK WAS TAKEN FROM THE CHAPEL AT ST. MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL BEFORE THE HOSPITAL WAS DEMOLISHED IN 1996. FOR MORE HISTORY ON THE HOSPITAL SEE P19960116001-GA.
- Catalogue Number
- P19960116010
- Acquisition Date
- 1996-01
- Collection
- Museum
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