Amulet, circular wooden relic box, containing saints' relics and with a painted Sacred Heart in the centre, and a detachable lid [.2]. [RB 11/06/2012]

Collection type: Object
Description: Amulet, circular wooden relic box, containing saints' relics and with a painted Sacred Heart in the centre, and a detachable lid [.2]. [RB 11/06/2012]
Long description: Amulet, circular wooden relic box [.1], containing saints' relics and with a painted Sacred Heart in the centre, and a detachable lid [.2]. There seem to have been seven saints' relics, nestled on balls of cottonwool fibre, however three appear to be missing as there is no cottonwool or relic in place. There are seven strips of paper with saints' names printed in black on them, one looped over the top of each relic. In the centre of the relic box [.1] there is a Sacred Heart painted onto an oval ?plaster plaque. Surrounding the relics are decorative scrolls of paper, all of which is framed behind a glass panel. The box is carved from wooden and ?painted or ?varnished. [RB 11/06/2012]
Geographical reference: France
Europe > Western Europe > France; Paris
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 Wood Plant, Material Paper Plant, Material Glass, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Material Cottonwool Fibre Plant, Material Textile, Material Plaster, Process Carved, Process Painted, Process Printed, Process Inscribed, Process Decorated, Process Varnished
Dimensions: Length x Width: max 48 x 15 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1985.52.1762.1 Other numbers: 3701

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