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Child Jesus' Of Wax Worked A Hand for Devotion Original Antique 1900
€163,83
Fabulous relic/octagonal and brass octagonal devotional/devotional shrine, openable, with spherical feet, which holds a child in a wax Jesus lying on a golden bed decorated with dried flowers and metal crown.
Brass structure with faceted glass panels; interior with composition of dry flowers and golden metal threads; Figurines in model model and hand painted.
• Manufacture: typical Italian or central-European devotional production, second half of 19th century-early twentieth century.
• iconography: blessing child with small cross and halo, a symbol of faith and domestic protection.
• Function: intended for private use, as an object of domestic devotion or small chamber altar.
📏 Length measures: 13 cm (🇺🇸 5.11 in) depth: 6 cm (🇺🇸 2.36 in) height: 12 cm (🇺🇸 4.72 in)
🪞 Case: Openable brass turned with glass
⏳ era: second half XIX - early 20th century
🔍 Conservative state: as shown in the photo, with natural patina of the time, original disputed dried flowers and traces of use on metal
📦 SHIPPED WITH PROTECTIVE CASE
📖 An era of faith and devotion: these boys with wax children were widespread in bourgeois homes and convents between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, custodians of an intimate cult that united popular crafts and spirituality. Objects that today represent a precious fragment of religious and artisan history.
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