The Baptistere of St. Louis; Hidden History As of now The Baptistere of St. Louis sits quietly at the Louvre in Paris. But it wasn't always such. From what we know, before it reached the Louvre, it was used by royalty,“ It concluded its dynastic and ecclesiastical history when it was used for the baptism of Prince Napoleon-Eugene in i856; it was by then a national treasure to which, sometime after I79I, two silver plaques bearing the arms of France had been affixed.”(Ettinghausen 246) Though it early history isn’t fully known, the extravagant engravings all around the basin help us understand and learn a little more about its original intent. The basin is inlaid with silver and gold and extremely detailed. D.S. Rice mentions the appearance of The Baptistere of St.Louis in his paper, “The Blazons of the “Baptistẻre de Saint Louis”, “Almost the whole surface of the vessel, both outside and inside, is engraved with court-scenes, battles and hunting expeditions set out in harmonious...