Amulet, oval metal reliquary pendant containing a relic, with a glass front, a figure of the Virgin Mary on the reverse, and a loop for suspension. [RB 18/04/2012]

Collection type: Object
Description: Amulet, oval metal reliquary pendant containing a relic, with a glass front, a figure of the Virgin Mary on the reverse, and a loop for suspension. [RB 18/04/2012]
Long description: Amulet, oval metal reliquary pendant containing a relic, with a glass front, a figure of the Virgin Mary on the reverse, and a loop for suspension. The relic is a fragment of textile, mounted on a yellow textile. Below the textile 'Curé d'Ars' [St. John Vianney] is written on black ink of a strip of paper. On the reverse of the reliquary there is a figure of the Virgin Mary in relief surrounded by the following inscription: 'O MARIE CONCUE SANS PÉCHE PRIEZ POUR NOUS'. [RB 18/04/2012]
Geographical reference: France
Europe > Western Europe > France; Ars-sur-Formans
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 White Metal, Material Textile, Material Glass, Material Paper Plant, Material Ink, Material Silver Metal
Dimensions: Length x Width: max 27 x 16 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1985.52.901 Other numbers: 1758

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