Censer - Brass - Church Incense Censer

Early 20th-century thurible, circa 1920/1930 in Art Deco style / Amsterdam School. So-called ''new art''. The egg-shaped thurible is made of drawn brass with hammering and organically shaped openings for the smoke. The lid is crowned by a Greek cross. In the incense bowl sits a loose removable tray. For ecclesiastical use in the Catholic Church. The style is characteristic of the renewal in church art in the 1930s of the 20th century. Possibly crafted by a goldsmith, possibly after a thurible by Atelier Brom in Utrecht.

Material:
- brass

Dimensions:
- length with chains: 100 cm.
- height without chains: 20 cm.
- diameter: 13 cm.

Condition:
- good, with some signs of use. (see photos)

A thurible (in Latin Turibulum or Thuribulum) is a vessel in which incense is burned.

Usually it consists of a bowl with a lid. Three chains are attached to the bowl, enabling the thurible to be carried around during liturgy or hung on the stand. A fourth chain is attached to the lid. With this chain the lid can be pulled up to refill incense. This is done by placing incense pellets on glowing coals.

The altar server who carries the thurible is the thurifer, thuriferarius, or incense-bearer