Reliquary Shrine

late 19th century

18.5 cm 30 cm

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In form, this object approximates an early 13th-century French reliquary shrine. The original shrines were made of gilded bronze and champlevé enamel. This 19th-century adaptation, however, is executed in plique-à-jour, or openwork, enamel with scenes of St. George and donors...

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Henry Walters, Baltimore, ca. 1909 (?); by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
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en
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