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A SPANISH GOLD AND ENAMEL RELIQUARY CROSS
The body of the cross with black and white formal ornament, the detachable front with applied red, blue and green instruments of the Passion including crown of thorns, ladder, nails, pillar, flail, pliers and hammer, with white enamel lilies at the terminals, suspension ring, circa 1620, 8.3cm. overall height
Provenance: Removed from a castle in Switzerland, Sotheby's, 2 November, 1970, lot 148
Cf. J. Evans, A History of Jewellery 1100-1870, 1951, pl.106 and Christie's, 6 October, 1993, lot 10
The body of the cross with black and white formal ornament, the detachable front with applied red, blue and green instruments of the Passion including crown of thorns, ladder, nails, pillar, flail, pliers and hammer, with white enamel lilies at the terminals, suspension ring, circa 1620, 8.3cm. overall height
Provenance: Removed from a castle in Switzerland, Sotheby's, 2 November, 1970, lot 148
Cf. J. Evans, A History of Jewellery 1100-1870, 1951, pl.106 and Christie's, 6 October, 1993, lot 10