Monstrance
ca. 1620 (made)
Silver-gilt, set with enamelled bosses and crystals. The rayed gloria for holding the host is held in a larger rayed frame set with crystals. Images of birds pounced in rectangular or irregular-shaped geometric cartouches around the monstrance window, for example on the front side, at 12 o'clock: a flying bird (matched on the verso with a pounced image of a goose). The arms of the royal order of Carmelites surmounted by a crown engraved in an oval boss at the top of the stem, on both sides. The stem itself is formed of two urn-shaped sections with pounced scrollwork and set with oval bosses decorated with ornament against a ground of dark blue enamel.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Brief description | Silver-gilt, set with enamelled bosses and crystals; Spain, possibly Burgos, ca. 1620, unmarked. |
| Physical description | Silver-gilt, set with enamelled bosses and crystals. The rayed gloria for holding the host is held in a larger rayed frame set with crystals. Images of birds pounced in rectangular or irregular-shaped geometric cartouches around the monstrance window, for example on the front side, at 12 o'clock: a flying bird (matched on the verso with a pounced image of a goose). The arms of the royal order of Carmelites surmounted by a crown engraved in an oval boss at the top of the stem, on both sides. The stem itself is formed of two urn-shaped sections with pounced scrollwork and set with oval bosses decorated with ornament against a ground of dark blue enamel. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | The piece is unassayed and unmarked. |
| Credit line | Dr W.L. Hildburgh Bequest |
| Object history | When the monstrance was acquired in Burgos in 1921, it was said to have come from the diocese of Vitoria, on the northern coast of Spain. |
| Bibliographic reference | Oman, Charles. The Golden Age of Hispanic Silver 1400 - 1665. London: HMSO, 1968 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | M.156-1956 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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