- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, textile reliquary, with a ?ceramic plaque with a figure of the Virgin Mary on and two relics framed behind glass, with a loop for suspension. [RB 03/07/2012]
- Long description
- Amulet, textile reliquary, with a ?ceramic plaque with a figure of the Virgin Mary on and two relics framed behind glass, with a loop for suspension. The main compartment of the reliquary is circular and is mounted on a piece of cardboard, which is covered in textile. It is has an elongated section extending upwards from the circular compartment with a decorative ribbon at the top and a broken cotton yarn loop for suspension. In the centre of the reliquary there is an oval cast ?ceramic plaque with the Virgin Mary on. This is surrounded by decorative scrolls of paper with gold edges. There is a relic either side of the figure, each mounted on cottonwool fibre. Over the top of each there is a strip of paper; 'Agnus Dei' is written in black ink on one, and 'Ste Thérèse' on the other. There is a piece of corrugated paper around the inside edge of the circular compartment, which is fronted with a glass panel. The reverse of the reliquary is covered in a corduroy textile. [RB 03/07/2012]
- Geographical reference
- Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Vaucluse Avignon
- 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 Textile, Material Corduroy Textile, Material Paper Plant, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Material Cottonwool Fibre Plant, Material Ribbon Textile, Material Glass, Process Stitched, Process Decorated, Process Cast, Process Inscribed
- Dimensions
- Length x Width: max 110 x 63 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.52.2039 Other numbers: 4115
Search terms: Religion, Figure, Ornament, Writing, Amulet, Religious Object, Pendant, Inscription