A FRENCH SILVER-GILT, ENAMEL AND "JEWELLED" MONSTRANCE, "OSTENSOIRE"
MARK OF THOMAS-JOSEPH ARMAND-CALLIAT, LYON, CIRCA 1865
A FRENCH SILVER-GILT, ENAMEL AND "JEWELLED" MONSTRANCE, "OSTENSOIRE" MARK OF THOMAS-JOSEPH ARMAND-CALLIAT, LYON, CIRCA 1865 THE SUN-BURST TOP CAPPED BY A CROSS FINIAL AND APPLIED WITH SIXTEEN ENAMELLED ROUNDELS DEPICTING VARIOUS SAINTS, EACH ON A TURQUOISE GROUND, INTERSPERSED WITH WHEAT STALKS AND TREFOILS, THE GLASS CENTRE WITH TURQUOISE BEAD AND PEARL-SET BEZEL, AT THE FOOT OF WHICH ARE FIGURES OF THE ARCHANGEL GABRIEL AND THE VIRGIN MARY FLANKING AN ENAMELLED URN OF FLOWERS ATOP TAPERING STEM DECORATED WITH CHAMPLEVé ENAMELLED FLOWERS AT THE BASE OF WHICH ARE APPLIED FOUR ENAMEL QUATREFOILS DEPICTING OLD TESTAMENT FIGURES, THE PEDESTAL BASE ON FOUR SCROLL SUPPORTS EACH CAPPED WITH A PELICAN IN ITS PIETY AND CABOCHON-SET BOSSES OF MALACHITE AND SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES, THE BASE FURTHER DECORATED WITH WHEAT STALKS AND APPLIED WITH TWO ARCHANGELS, BOTH WITH SWORDS AND TURQUOISE ENAMEL HALOES WITH RED BEAD BORDERS, IN ORIGINAL FITTED BOX LINED IN RED VELVET 41 1/2 IN. (105 CM.) HIGH; 20 1/2 IN. (52 CM.) WIDE GROSS WEIGHT: 229 OZ. (7099 GM.)
A FRENCH SILVER-GILT, ENAMEL AND "JEWELLED" MONSTRANCE, "OSTENSOIRE"
MARK OF THOMAS-JOSEPH ARMAND-CALLIAT, LYON, CIRCA 1865
A FRENCH SILVER-GILT, ENAMEL AND "JEWELLED" MONSTRANCE, "OSTENSOIRE" MARK OF THOMAS-JOSEPH ARMAND-CALLIAT, LYON, CIRCA 1865 THE SUN-BURST TOP CAPPED BY A CROSS FINIAL AND APPLIED WITH SIXTEEN ENAMELLED ROUNDELS DEPICTING VARIOUS SAINTS, EACH ON A TURQUOISE GROUND, INTERSPERSED WITH WHEAT STALKS AND TREFOILS, THE GLASS CENTRE WITH TURQUOISE BEAD AND PEARL-SET BEZEL, AT THE FOOT OF WHICH ARE FIGURES OF THE ARCHANGEL GABRIEL AND THE VIRGIN MARY FLANKING AN ENAMELLED URN OF FLOWERS ATOP TAPERING STEM DECORATED WITH CHAMPLEVé ENAMELLED FLOWERS AT THE BASE OF WHICH ARE APPLIED FOUR ENAMEL QUATREFOILS DEPICTING OLD TESTAMENT FIGURES, THE PEDESTAL BASE ON FOUR SCROLL SUPPORTS EACH CAPPED WITH A PELICAN IN ITS PIETY AND CABOCHON-SET BOSSES OF MALACHITE AND SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES, THE BASE FURTHER DECORATED WITH WHEAT STALKS AND APPLIED WITH TWO ARCHANGELS, BOTH WITH SWORDS AND TURQUOISE ENAMEL HALOES WITH RED BEAD BORDERS, IN ORIGINAL FITTED BOX LINED IN RED VELVET 41 1/2 IN. (105 CM.) HIGH; 20 1/2 IN. (52 CM.) WIDE GROSS WEIGHT: 229 OZ. (7099 GM.)
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