ITALIE du Nord, Ligurie, Gênes, XIVème siècle

Reliquary-monstrance in silver (min. 800) melted and engraved, iron and glass. Cylindrical stem with spherical median knot; reliquary box of parallelepipedic shape with pinnacles at the corners; conical lid with a base underlined by a crown of fleurons and decorated with two couples of angels on either side of a tree. Circular base decorated with a tree landscape, animated by hares and dogs, and two women wearing a veil accompanied by phylacteries bearing the inscription in Gothic letters for the first one ADORAMUS TE XPE [We adore you, Christ] and for the other one O SALUTARIS [H]OSTIA [O comforting Host]. Hallmark under the foot. Dispensed from hallmarking because prior to 1838. H. : 31 cm - Diam. foot : 11,4 cm - Gross weight : 413 g. Cylinder of the original reliquary replaced by an iron and glass box; small deformations and oxidations, notably under the foot; restorations and some weldings tolerated; pin of fixing of the foot and a glass missing.