Amulet, oval textile relic box [.1] containing a ?pottery plaque with head in profile on it and saints' relics, and a detachable lid [.2]. [RB 12/07/2012]

Collection type: Object
Description: Amulet, oval textile relic box [.1] containing a ?pottery plaque with head in profile on it and saints' relics, and a detachable lid [.2]. [RB 12/07/2012]
Long description: Amulet, oval textile relic box [.1] containing a ?pottery plaque with head in profile on it and saints' relics, and a detachable lid [.2]. In the centre of the relic box [.1] there is a white ?pottery plaque with a head in profile on it. This is surrounded by decorative scrolls of orange coloured paper. In these scrolls there would have been saints' relic, however they appear to be missing. There are three strips of paper with saints' names written on them in black ink. One reads 'St. Augustine'. The interior of both the box and lid are covered in a pink coloured textile. The exterior is covered in a brocade textile. The textile has worn badly in places, and one of the strips of paper seems to be in the wrong place. [RB 12/07/2012]
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 1913
Date collected: By 1913
Acquisition information: Transferred: 1985
Materials and processes: Material Textile, Material Paper Plant, Material Cardboard Paper Plant, Material Ink, Material Pottery, Process Moulded, Process Inscribed, Process Brocaded Woven, Process Stitched, Process Decorated
Dimensions: Length x Width: max 51 x 39 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1985.52.2141.1 Other numbers: 4261

Search terms: Religion, Box, Figure, Amulet, Religious Object, Lid

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