Pyx, 1500-1700, (1881). Creator:s Thomas
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Pyx, 1500-1700, (1881). Creator:s Thomas
Pyx, 1500-1700, (1881). Etching of a carved boxwood pyx, possibly made in Venice or the Balkans, between the 16th and 17th centuries. A pyx is a small round container used to carry the consecrated host (Eucharist), to the sick or those otherwise unable to come to church in order to receive catholic Holy Communion. This example is carved with scenes of the Passion, and has a niello finial and engraved silver gilt rim. From " The South Kensington Museum", a book of engraved illustrations, with descriptions, of the works of art in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London (formerly known as the South Kensington Museum). [Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, London, 1881]
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Balkans Boxes Boxwood Crucified Crucifixion Ecclesiastical Marston Museum Of Ornamental Art Niello Passion Passion Of Christ Sampson Low Searle And Rivington South Kensington Museum The South Kensington Museum V And A V And A Museum Venetian Venice Venice Italy Victoria Albert Museum Victoria And Albert Museum
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