Antique 20th Century German bisque holy water font by Gebruder Heubach
Offered for sale is this antique early-20th Century German glazed ceramic Holy Water font, made by Gebrüder Heubach and dating circa 1900. The factory commenced operation in 1840 under brothers Georg and Philip Heubach. By the late-19th Century it had become renowned for making high-quality dolls heads (most well-known is their ‘laughing/giggling baby’ doll), figurines and statuary, staying in family hands until going bankrupt in 1937. At this point it was directly saved by the invention of Ott