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Reliquary
rock-crystal, silver-gilt, basse-taille enamel
c. 1380 - 1400
11 cm height
Heraldry:: damaged shield of arms; Ostein of Austria? (on the side)
Provenance:
Place of Creation: Austria
WA2013.1.5
Octagonal rock-crystal container for a relic, mounted in silver-gilt; the shaft set with enamels. On one side a half-length naked female figure (St Lucy?). Elongated lobed foot.
Literature:
Bequeathed by Michael Wellby, 2012.
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