PROBABLY ITALY, 17TH OR 18TH CENTURY
Two pendant reliquaries
silver-mounted rock crystal; each with attached wax seal and in its original gilt-tooled leather case; one of cartouche form with a paper label to the interior inscribed ‘S. Gaudentÿ I. Ep. Novar.’ (?) and to the reverse ‘Ex off.’ and the other in the form of a cross with filigree decoration
3 in. (7.8 cm.) high, the cartouche
3 ¼ in. (8.3 cm.) high, the cross
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PROBABLY ITALY, 17TH OR 18TH CENTURY
Two pendant reliquaries
silver-mounted rock crystal; each with attached wax seal and in its original gilt-tooled leather case; one of cartouche form with a paper label to the interior inscribed ‘S. Gaudentÿ I. Ep. Novar.’ (?) and to the reverse ‘Ex off.’ and the other in the form of a cross with filigree decoration
3 in. (7.8 cm.) high, the cartouche
3 ¼ in. (8.3 cm.) high, the cross
(2)
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