A Wonderful Mid 19thC Shadow Box Framed Reliquary sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles giving the piece it's balance

giving the piece it's balance

dancing to the tune of ‘It’s a small world’

specialised in church monuments and in 1810 was appointed the Royal Academy's first Professor of Sculpture

Studying the shape of these pieces further it is also very plausible they were the main supports under a small overhead balcony

A Wonderful Mid 19thC Shadow Box Framed Reliquary sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles giving the piece it's balanceOrigin: French or German Period: Mid Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1860 Height: 7. 5 inches Width: 5. 75 inches Depth: 2 inches The Whole: 9. 25 X 11 inches The glazed three dimensional reliquary, with paperolles work, paper filigree quilling, dried and tied flowers, beads and gilded scrolled papers in Latin text and silk cord with central paper cartouche depicting three figures and the crucifix and red rubber stamped seal, the whole