Amulet, octagonal shaped textile reliquary box and lid, tied together with a white ribbon, containing saints' relics framed behind glass. [RB 11/06/2012]

Collection type: Object
Description: Amulet, octagonal shaped textile reliquary box and lid, tied together with a white ribbon, containing saints' relics framed behind glass. [RB 11/06/2012]
Long description: Amulet, octagonal shaped textile reliquary box and lid, tied together with a white ribbon, containing saints' relics framed behind glass. The box and lid are octagonal in shape and made of white textile, with a brown cotton textile woven with a floral design on the exterior of both, with foil metal edging. The relics are housed within a circular compartment, which has a glass front. The relics are two fragments of textile and are mounted on diamond shaped pieces of gold coloured foil metal or paper. Over the top of there is a strip of paper with a saint's name printed on it in black. The relics belong to 'S. t F. de Sales.' [St. Francis de Sales] and 'S.te de Chantal.' [St. Jane Frances de Chantal]. The relics are surrounded by decorative scrolls of orange coloured paper with gold edges, and there is green and white piping around the edge on top of the glass. [RB 11/06/2012]
Geographical reference: France
Europe > Western Europe > France; Rhône-Alpes Haute-Savoie Annecy
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 Ribbon Textile, Material Glass, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Material Paper Plant, Material Foil Metal, Process Printed, Process Inscribed, Process Woven, Process Decorated
Dimensions: Length: max 123 mm open, Length x Width: max 90 x 54 mm closed
Object numbers: Accession number: 1985.52.1760 Other numbers: 3699

Search terms: Religion, Box, Writing, Amulet, Religious Object, Lid, Inscription