Lot 1222 D α

A Gothic Revival hinged domestic altar.

Gilt bronze and copper, enamel decor; set with garnets, malachite, pearls, malachite lacquer, glass, relics. A Gothic Revival hinged domestic altar. A triptych-form shrine, the two doors concealing a trefoil shaped arch that surrounds a cross containing a removable reliquary. The foot with armorial inlays and a banderole that reads "MITTAT VOBIS DOMINVM AVXILIVM DE SANCTO". Two minor losses beside the angels, probably from the loss of their attributes (poss. palm fronds). H 59.5, W 37, D 24 cm.
Rhineland or Westphalia, 2nd half 19th C.