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🔴 BABY JESUS in wax, hand-crafted for devotion, original, antique, 1900
€130,00
Fabulous octagonal reliquary/devotional case in glass and brass, which can be opened, with spherical feet, which houses a wax Baby Jesus lying on a golden bed decorated with dried flowers and a metal crown.
Brass frame with faceted glass panels; interior with dried flower arrangement and gold-plated metal wire; hand-molded and hand-painted wax figurine.
• Manufacturing: typical Italian or Central European devotional production, second half of the 19th century – early 20th century.
• Iconography: Blessing Child with small cross and halo, symbol of faith and domestic protection.
• Function: intended for private use, as an object of domestic devotion or a small chamber altar.
📏 Measurements Length: 13 cm (🇺🇸 5.11 in) Depth: 6 cm (🇺🇸 2.36 in) Height: 12 cm (🇺🇸 4.72 in)
🪞 Display case: turned brass with glass opening
⏳ Period: second half of the 19th century – early 20th century
🔍 Conservation status: as shown in the photos, with natural patina of time, original contemporary dried flowers and traces of use on the metal
📦 Shipped with protective case
📖 An era of faith and devotion: these shrines featuring wax Christ Child statues were common in bourgeois homes and convents between the 19th and 20th centuries, custodians of an intimate cult that combined folk craftsmanship and spirituality. These objects today represent a precious fragment of religious and artisanal history.
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