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A Continental silver-gilt-mounted rock crystal reliquary
on an oblong base with stylised fruit feet and with a shaped oblong architectural plinth decorated with masks and pendant fruits, the column formed from a classical figure holding a lyre, the foliate-engraved oval reliquary with applied grotesque caryatid dragon handles and an incomplete finial - 7¾in. (19.50cm.)
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on an oblong base with stylised fruit feet and with a shaped oblong architectural plinth decorated with masks and pendant fruits, the column formed from a classical figure holding a lyre, the foliate-engraved oval reliquary with applied grotesque caryatid dragon handles and an incomplete finial - 7¾in. (19.50cm.)
See Front Cover Illustration