A PARCEL-GILT SILVER HOLY WATER STOUP PROBABLY BY LOUIS MARCY, CIRCA 1890

In the Spanish Gothic style, the arch surmounted by plumes, enclosing scenes of the Stations of the Cross, flanked by saints in alcoves, with central tapering gilt-metal lined holy water font embossed with busts of the apostles amid tracery, portrait busts of the Holy Family below, the reverse engraved with inscription CLAUDO RODRIGO FERNANDEZ DE SANTELLA PACE GAZIVI ANNO MDVIII, apparently unmarked
291⁄4 in. (74.3 cm.) high

Provenance
Property of a Gentleman; Christie's, London, 13 June 2001, lot 188.