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Reliquary Saint

parcel-silver-gilt, blue-enamel

1500-20 or 1840-1900

47 cm height

Provenance: Sir Julius Wernher, Bath House, London; Sir Harold Wernher, Luton Hoo; Wernher sale, Christie's London, 5 July 2000 (Sale 6293, lot 15)

Place of Creation: Europe

WA2013.1.24

Parcel-gilt-silver figure of a Saint (St Ivo?), or an ecclesiastic, or lawyer holding a reliquary with rock-crystal (?) windows. The octagonal base has gothic arches, backed with blue enamel. Origin probably European, 19th century.

Literature: Works of art from the Wernher Collection, Christie's London Sale 6293 (London, 5 July 2000), p. lot 15

Bequeathed by Michael Wellby, 2012.