"Wooden Cross-shaped Reliquary: The Holy Nail And Relics Of Saints, Austria 19th Century"
Very rare blackened wooden reliquary in the shape of a cross, glazed, housing the Holy nail in wrought iron, the tongue of Saint John Nepomuk (Saint protector of bridges), in wax and very small relics (ex ossibus of Saints and Martyrs), surrounded by trimmings and glass beads in the shape of pearls (work of Sisters). "S.Ursulae M., S.Deoda(ti?),S.Anastasiae, S.Aureliae, S.Magni, S.Liberati,S.Dorotheae,S. Aurely". Episcopal seal on the back. Sublime work of folk art, probably Tirol (Austria) from the middle of the 19th century. 
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