1985.52.492

Collection type

Object

Description

Amulet, ceramic figure of the Black Madonna of Loreto, with gilding and black paint. Encased in a cardboard container with glass. [ACA 19/03/2012]

Long description

Amulet, ceramic figure of the Black Madonna of Loreto, with gilding and black paint. Encased in a cardboard container with glass. The cardboard container is edged with yellow paper glued to the glass and cardboard. The glass has some pink staining but the majority is clear. Glued to the reverse there is a strip of paper with a string loop for ?suspension. Inside the container the cardboard has gold leaf metal glued in six dots which would have surrounded the figure. It is clear to see where the figure would have been originally glued to the back. The figure has gold leaf gilding and a painted black face, but is broken in several places with lots of small fragments. [ACA 19/03/2012]

Geographical reference

Italy

Europe > Southern Europe > Italy

Marche Loreto

Person

Field collector Unknown Collector

PRM source Wellcome Institute

PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum

Date / Period

Date made: Before 1931

Date collected

By 1931

Acquisition information

Transferred: 1985

Materials and processes

Material Pottery, Material Gilt Metal, Material Glass, Material Paper Plant, Material Cardboard Paper Plant, Material String, Material Pigment, Process Gilded, Process Painted, Process Stained, Process Glued

Dimensions

Width: max 61 mm, Length: max 96 mm

Object numbers

Accession number: 1985.52.492 Other numbers: 923

Search terms: Religion, Figure, Pottery, Amulet, Religious Object