"Book Shaped Reliquary Box"
Strong cardboard box imitating leather, embossed and gilded with a small iron for the borders in the shape of a small book.It contains a reliquary containing 5 relics: St Martyrs, Sacred Paste, St Gaudence, St Thérèse and St Colomba.
The reliquary is decorated with green glass beads surrounding a small gilded frame which brings together the relics, paperolles and mother-of-pearl beads.
An engraving entitled "St Pierre" "St Petrus" is a counterpart to the reliquary.
Dimensions: 11cm x 7.5cm x 3cm
Used condition.
19th century work
Le Magazine de PROANTIC
TRÉSORS Magazine
Rivista Artiquariato