The Property of THE CARMELITE CONVENT, CHICHESTER, SUSSEX
A PARCEL-GILT SILVER AND IVORY PROCESSIONAL CROSS
Details
A PARCEL-GILT SILVER AND IVORY PROCESSIONAL CROSS
NETHERLANDISH, LATE 16TH OR EARLY 17TH CENTURY
The centre of the reverse of the cross set with a glass paste resembling a cabochon ruby.
The relief representing St. Luke lacking from the uppermost terminal; the reverse of one terminal replaced; damages and losses.
24¼in. (61.6cm.) high, overall
NETHERLANDISH, LATE 16TH OR EARLY 17TH CENTURY
The centre of the reverse of the cross set with a glass paste resembling a cabochon ruby.
The relief representing St. Luke lacking from the uppermost terminal; the reverse of one terminal replaced; damages and losses.
24¼in. (61.6cm.) high, overall
Provenance
Probably given by Maria Gabriella de la Laing, Countess of Hoogstraet, to the Carmelite community founded by her at Hoogstraet in 1678.
Literature
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
P. Colman, L'Orfevrerie Religieuse Liégeoise du XVe siècle à la révolution, II, Liège, 1966, fig. 184
P. Colman, L'Orfevrerie Religieuse Liégeoise du XVe siècle à la révolution, II, Liège, 1966, fig. 184