Unusual Nun'S Pocket Shrine / Travel Reliquary Housing 21 Relics

Lot description

Unusual nun's multi-relic pocket shrine or traveling reliquary, housing (twenty-one) Catholic relics, comprising a fragment of the House of Loretto, an Agnus Dei disc (papally blessed Paschal candle wax), a fragment of Our Lord's Cradle and Our Lord's True Cross, and Saints Therese, Blaise, Anne of St. Bartholomew, Pius X, Theresa of Jesus, Therese Margaret, John of the Cross, Gerard Majella, Jude Thaddeus, Gabriel of O.L., Francis of Assisi, Catherine of Sienna, Martin of Porres, Charles Borromeo, Blessed Mary of the Angels, Pope John XXIII, Pope Pius XIII, bound to collaged sheets, in laminated spiral binding, overall: approx 2"h, 2.5"w, 6.1 grams (inclusive of all materials) Provenance: from the extensive collection of a long-time contributor of relics, Catholic church goods, and liturgical antiques NOTE: ALL JEWELRY & COIN LOTS REALIZING OVER $1,000 MUST BE PAID BY BANK WIRE. STANDARD TREATMENTS ASSUMED ON ALL COLORED STONES