Pyxis And Custodia In Silver-gilt - 19th Century

Classically cylindrical with a conical lid, our pyxis is surmounted by a central custody. This is an original assembly that makes it a collector's item of religious goldwork. Christ on the cross surrounded by the two glorious stars is represented on the front of the custody welcoming the consecrated hosts. He is surrounded by three medallions representing God the Father, the Virgin and Joseph.
A ternary that echoes the Holy Trinity. Also engraved in Latin and in Gothic letters are two of the verses of the Lauda Sion, written by Saint Thomas Aquinas in 1264: "Ecce panis angelorum factus cibus viatorum" or, "Here is the bread of angels, become the food of pilgrims".
Note the closure of the pyxis allowed by a small rod in the style of a bishop's crozier.
A precise Germanic work, around 1850, in silver and vermeil.
Dimensions: 15.5 cm high by 11 cm wide