Antique French Rare Religious Monstrance Sterling Silver Angel's Heads 19th C



Description : 


Antique sterling silver monstrance, complete and richly decorated with sunbeams. In addition to a complete and intact set of sunbeams, there are angels' heads, motifs of wheat, clouds, flowers, and finely stylized leaves, as well as a Lamb of God on the front of the base. Made in France between 1850 and 1880.

The monstrance is composed of the following elements and hallmarks, including the Mercury silver hallmark, 1st degree: Base: two hallmarks on the back. Center: silver, unhallmarked. Upper section: hallmark under the right-hand angel. (The silver door is hallmarked on the reverse.) Sunbeams: hallmark to the left of the cross.
Cross: hallmark on the top.

In very good used condition. Without LUNA. 

Dimensions:

Height: 56 cm / 22.04 inches. 

Width: 27 cm / 10.62 inches. 

Weight: 690 grams. 





                                                

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