Tortoiseshell Reliquary
Tortoiseshell Reliquary
$3,300.00
18thcentury French reliquary. Two octagonal sides containing bones of saints (Sts. Benigne, Julien, Basile, Candide, Rutilius, Pacificus…) and a plaster of the Virgin. They are divided among paperolles under natural mica. The entire case is crafted from tortoiseshell in excellent condition with an engraved brass clasp.
8 x 6.7 x 2.5 cm.