Large Carved Alabaster Holy Water Font. Winged Angel's Head And Cross. 19th-century Religious Art. Sacred Art.

A wall-mounted holy water font carved from alabaster, depicting a winged angel's head with a child's face, surmounted by a cross encircled by a crown of thorns. The composition is rich in religious symbols: the guardian angel, the cross of Christ, and the central star evoking faith and divine protection. The entire piece is finely sculpted in alabaster, a stone highly prized in the 19th century for the creation of objects of domestic devotion. This type of holy water font was generally placed at the entrance of houses or in a bedroom to facilitate the act of blessing. The work displays a beautiful modeling of the face and wings, characteristic of 19th-century European religious art. A decorative sacred art object, both touching and symbolic, it could also find its place in a cabinet of curiosities or a collection of devotional objects.