Antique medallion / reliquary, in chiselled sterling silver with a large, beautifully polychrome porcelain cabochon
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Antique medallion / reliquary, in chiselled sterling silver with a large, beautifully polychrome porcelain cabochon.
Spain early 1700s
Size 4 x 3.5 x 0.8. cm
On one side Saint Anthony of Padua with the child Jesus in his arms and on the other side Catherine of Alexandria is, according to tradition, a Christian saint and virgin, who was martyred in the early fourth century at the hands of the emperor Maxentius. In this medallion you can see the wheel of torture and the palm of his sainthood in his hands.
