A pair of reliquaries worked in wrapped gold metal threads with foil, bead and paper details forming a elaborate quatre-foil surround around a central oval, one painted with a pelican piercing her breast, the other a nesting bird--5 x 7in. (14 x 18cm.); and five others similar, dating from the 18th century, Continental, all framed and glazed (7)

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A pair of reliquaries worked in wrapped gold metal threads with foil, bead and paper details forming a elaborate quatre-foil surround around a central oval, one painted with a pelican piercing her breast, the other a nesting bird--5 x 7in. (14 x 18cm.); and five others similar, dating from the 18th century, Continental, all framed and glazed (7)

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