of the font in Saint ThomasChurch, New ^ork, many of the crafts combineto |)roduce a remarkably handsome effect. Thefont itself is of stone, the actual bowl of beatencopj)er overlaid with gold and out of wtMwl iscarved the co%er with its elaborate canopy andeight doors folding around the octagonal… … colour and appropriate emblem. These doorsswing out on either side, thus forming an effectiveand lieauliful background for the minister offi-ciating in the baptismal ser\-ice. Though hardly under the classification of orna-ments, a word might well be said on the subject ofchurch hardware. In the…
Art · Decoration and ornament
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