A silver amulet pendant with monastery work, Augsburg, circa 1755 A silver receptacle with a hinged lid, on the top a movable suspension loop. A finely engraved Christogram on the front with the three nails of the cross. The opposite side with inscription "Maria" in ligature, thereunder a pierced heart, the whole within a finely engraved border of leaves. In both sides of the interior, delicate monastery work of gilded Leonese wires with a relic interwoven, richly embellished with freshwater pearls. Marks punched into the lower edge of the recept, Additional-Rights-Clearance-Info-Not-Available

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