Reliquary
ca. 1600 (made)
The cylindrical glass relic-holder is flanked by two pinnacled buttresses at the foot of which sit two cherubs carrying, respectively, a cross and three nails. Six-sided canopy chased with strapwork and surmounted by the figure of St Lawrence. Hexagonal stem engraved with tracery and decorated with three bands of cast openwork cresting. Lozenge-shaped foot with wavy border, chased with strapwork enclosing ovolos.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 3 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | silver, chasing |
| Brief description | Silver, Catalonia, Barcelona, around 1600, town mark for Barcelona. |
| Physical description | The cylindrical glass relic-holder is flanked by two pinnacled buttresses at the foot of which sit two cherubs carrying, respectively, a cross and three nails. Six-sided canopy chased with strapwork and surmounted by the figure of St Lawrence. Hexagonal stem engraved with tracery and decorated with three bands of cast openwork cresting. Lozenge-shaped foot with wavy border, chased with strapwork enclosing ovolos. |
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| Credit line | Dr W.L. Hildburgh Bequest |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | M.370-1956 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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