Offered by Le jardin des Moines
Our spectacular monstrance with very rich decorations is made of gilded brass. It rests on a polylobed foot with six passes enriched with six matching blue enameled medallions representing the Holy Virgin in Glory, the four Evangelists and Christ on the Cross. The stem is decorated with a knot with cabochons. A kneeling seraph supports the central lunula, it is surrounded by a set of arrows, fleurons and pinnacles and niches where are present, guardians of the host offered in Adoration, Saint Joseph and Saint Teresa of Avila, to whom Saints Peter and Paul respond. Above the canopy, the figure of God the Father in the Cloud is accompanied by the dove of the Holy Spirit.
A cross sums up and completes the presentation of this masterpiece of 19th century goldsmithing. Unmarked. Dimensions of 79.5 cm by 33 cm wide.
Diameter of the lunula 6.3 cm Probably the work of a master goldsmith from Rhineland or Westphalia
