Amulet, oval reliquary with an ornate cast metal frame, containing relic[s] and the inscription: 'Souvenir de Jerusalem', with a loop for suspension. [RB 11/06/2012]

Collection type: Object
Description: Amulet, oval reliquary with an ornate cast metal frame, containing relic[s] and the inscription: 'Souvenir de Jerusalem', with a loop for suspension. [RB 11/06/2012]
Long description: Amulet, oval reliquary with an ornate cast metal frame, containing relic[s] and the inscription: 'Souvenir de Jerusalem', with a loop for suspension. The relic[s] are stitched on to a paper mount, and the inscription is written in ink in an arch shape at one end. It is not clear what the relics are, but there is one in the centre that resembles a ?plant seed, with a ?plant fibres around arranged to look like a ?frame. The reliquary has a glass front. [RB 11/06/2012]
Geographical reference: Israel
Asia > Western Asia > Israel; Jerusalem
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 Metal, Material Paper Plant, Material Ink, Material Glass, Material Gilt Metal, Material Plant Seed, Material Plant Fibre, Process Inscribed, Process Stitched, Process Cast, Process Gilded
Dimensions: Length x Width: max 88 x 60 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1985.52.1763 Other numbers: 3704