LAVABO
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- BAPTISMAL CUP
- Date Range From
- 1930
- Date Range To
- 1940
- Materials
- CHROMIUM, COPPER, LEAD
- Catalogue Number
- P19960116013
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- BAPTISMAL CUP
- Date Range From
- 1930
- Date Range To
- 1940
- Materials
- CHROMIUM, COPPER, LEAD
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 4.7
- Length
- 10.5
- Width
- 7.3
- Diameter
- 4.1 (BASE)
- Description
- CHROMIUM PLATED ON COPPER OR LEAD. BODY OF LAVABO HAS CIRCULAR PEDESTAL WITH SLIGHTLY RAISED TERRACE SHOULDER. PEDESTAL IS MOLDED TO BOTTOM OF SHELL SHAPED BASIN WITH SCALLOPED BODY. HALF-CIRCLE COVER WITH SCALLOPED EDGE IS MOLDED TO TOP OF BASIN FORMING SPOUT. COVER HAS RAISED MALTESE CROSS ON TOP. BODY IS COPPER PLATED WITH CHROMIUM, INSIDE OF SHELL HAS SLIGHT AMOUNT OF GREEN CORROSION. AT BACK OF SHELL IS VERTICALLY MOUNTED CHROMIUM PLATED HANDLE. HANDLE IS CURVED "C" SHAPED WITH FLARED TAB. CHROMIUM IS BADLY CRACKLING WITH WHITE LEAD CORROSION COMING THROUGH.
- Subjects
- CEREMONIAL ARTIFACT
- Historical Association
- RELIGION
- HEALTH SERVICES
- History
- LAVABO 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
- P19960116013
- Acquisition Date
- 1996-01
- Collection
- Museum
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