Morse (Clasp) for Ecclesiastical Vestments

1325-1350 (Medieval)

16.1 cm 15.7 cm

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The morse is of quatrefoil form, with two bishops beneath trefoil arches shown against a field of blue enamel with copper flowers with red enamel centers. The bishops flank the Virgin and Child on the central narrow plate which swivels on the connecting pin. The bishops are su...

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Collections of P. Soltykoff Sale, Paris, April 8-May 1, 1861, lot 212; F. Spitzer Sale, Paris, 1893, lot 281, pl. IX; Collection of Chalandon, Lyon [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henri Daguerre, Paris, [date of acquisition unknown] by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1927, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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