An attractive ca. 1930's Art Deco silver reliquary housing an 18th-century double-crystal silver-set reliquary with  particle relics of the Precious Wood of the True Cross of Jesus Christ. Inside the five-sided glass-fronted cavity hangs a crystal reliquary containing precious relics.  The inner reliquary is secured by a seal of red Spanish wax with an imprint of a coat of arms of Francesco Antonio Marcucci (†1798), Vicegerent of Rome and Titular Patriarch of Constantinople.On the back side, the outer reliquary is secured with a perfectly preserved seal of red Spanish wax bearing an imprint with a coat of arms of Fr. Bishop Gaston-Antoine Rasneur (†1939) Bishop of Tournai, Belgium (1924–1939). The reliquary is accompanied … More

An attractive, unique French glass-fronted reliquary frame celebrating a pilgrimage to Our Lady of Lourdes. A small figure of Our Lady of Lourdes is affixed to the center of the frame, surrounded by intricate paperole floral ornamentation. The reliquary contains five precious relics: St. Francis of Assisi, St. Clare of Assisi, St. Teresa of Avila, St. Catherine Martyr of Alexandria, and St. Martyr Godelieve.  Under the figure of Our Lady of Lourdes, there is a manuscript inscription in French: En Souvenir de mon Pelerinage de pénitence fait a Lourdes eu mai 1914 Vuerge Marie Prie pour nous ("In memory of my penitential … More

A small gilt silver cruciform reliquary monstrance decorated with intricate filigee and red garnet stones. A central glass-fronted round cavity is housing particles from the Wood from the True Cross of Jesus Christ. The relics are displayed in a cruciform shape on the ground of red silk and are identified on a typeset cedula label as Vera Crucis DNJ. (The True Cross of Our Lord Jesus Christ). On its back, under a protective cap, the theca is secured by an undisturbed seal of red Spanish wax with an imprint of a coat of arms of an unidentified Roman Catholic Bishop. The back of the cap … More

Spectacular large glass-fronted reliquary decorated with opulent floral ornamentation housing relics of the Apostles Saint Peter and Saint Paul surrounded by relics of for Christian Saints venerated at San Severino: Saint Severinus of Septempeda, Saint Illuminatus of Arce, Saint Pacificus of San Severino and Blessed Bentivoglio de Bonis. The relics are affixed to the background of red silk surrounded by paperole and silver wire ornamentation and identified on bi-color paper cedulae labels. On the back, the theca is secured with a perfectly preserved seal of red Spanish wax bearing an imprint with a coat of arms of an unidentified Catholic Bishop (most likely of a Bishop of San … More

A large oval glass-fronted brass pendant reliquary theca housing relics of the True Cross surrounded by 16 precious relics of Christ's Live and Passion and the Holy Family –  of the Holy Manger, Of the Holy Nativity Grotto, Of the Table of the Last Supper, of the Column of the Flagellation, of the Stone of Oblation, of the Stone of Circumcision, of the Purple Vestment, of the Sweat Cloth (Sudario), Of the Holy Whip of the Flagellation (Flagellum), of the Christ's Empty Tomb (Sepulcher), of the Site of the Last Supper, of the Christ's Sudarium, of the Veil of the Blessed Virgin … More

An oval glass-fronted brass pendant reliquary theca housing relics of the True Cross surrounded by three precious relics of Christ's Passion - of the Holy Thorn from the Crown of Thorns, of the Holy Shroud, of the Sepulcher, and relics of five Apostles: St. Andrew, St. Thomas, St. Peter, St. Paul, and St. Matthew.  The relics are affixed to the ground of red silk in compartments of gilt paperolle and silver wire and identified in Latin on manuscript cedulae labels.On the back, under a protective lid, the theca is secured with a perfectly preserved seal of red Spanish wax bearing an imprint of a coat … More

A large oval glass-fronted brass pendant reliquary theca housing relics of Saint John the Baptist surrounded by 18 precious relics of the Virgin Mary's Parents, Christ's Apostles and Evangelists –  St. Joachim, St. Anne, St. Peter the Apostle, St. Paul the Apostle, St. James the Lesser the Apostle, St. Thomas the Apostle, St. Philipp the Apostle, St. Matthias the Apostle, St. Thaddeus the Apostle, St. Barnabas the Apostle, St. Mark the Evangelist, St. Luke the Evangelist, St. Matthew the Apostle, St. Simon the Apostle, St. Bartholomew the Apostle, St. James the Great the Apostle, St. John the Apostle, and St. Andrew the Apostle.  The relics are affixed to a blue ground and identified in Latin on typeset … More

Large silver glass-fronted reliquary decorated with intricate filigree housing relics of the Wood from the True Cross. The relics are arranged in a crucifix shape, affixed to the background of red silk decorated with silver wire ornamentation and identified on a paper cedula label as Ex Lingo SS. Cucis D.N.J.C.  (of the Wood of the Most Holy Cross of Our Lord Jesus Christ). On the back, the theca is secured with a perfectly preserved seal of red Spanish wax bearing an imprint with a coat of arms of Fr. Giovanni Pietro Augustoni O.E.S.A. (†1839), Titular Bishop of Porphyreon and Sacristan of the Apostolic Palace (1829–1839). 

A small French Gothic-style gilt bronze monstrance reliquary decorated with enameled rosettes housing the first-class ex ossibus (of the bone) pre-canonization relic of Saint John Gabriel Perboyre. A substantial bone relic is affixed to the red silk background decorated with gilt silver wire ornamentation and identified on a manuscript cedula label as B. Perboyre (Blessed [John] Perboyre). On the back, under a metal protective cap, the theca is secured with a seal of red Spanish wax with a clear imprint of the Congregation of the Mission (CM) Order. 

A small French Gothic-style gilt bronze monstrance reliquary decorated with enameled rosettes housing the first-class ex ossibus (of the bone) pre-canonization relic of Saint Louise de Marillac. A bone relic is affixed to the silk background decorated with gilt paper and silver wire ornamentation and identified on a typeset cedula label as B. L. a Marillac (Blessed Louise de Marillac). On the back, under a metal protective cap, the theca is secured with a seal of red Spanish wax with a clear imprint of the Congregation of the Mission (CM) of Saint Vincent de Paul Order.