An Impressive 19thC Tortoiseshell Veneered & Gilded Corpus Christi sub-Religion & Relics survives preserved from the first

survives preserved from the first half of the twentieth century

1900 and later

By rotating the box two complete turns anti clockwise the sand fills a reservoir and the sand then falls onto the wheel and drives a series of gears by means of which the acrobat performs his tricks

Evangelische Verlagsanstalt Berlin (Eastern Germany)

and some of Portland stone but none carved in wood solely as a decorative object

An Impressive 19thC Tortoiseshell Veneered & Gilded Corpus Christi sub-Religion & Relics survives preserved from the firstOrigin: English Period: Mid Late Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: 1870 Height: 23. 25 inches The nineteenth century gilded Corpus Christi, on red tortoiseshell veneered crucifix with scroll inscribed INRI above, the whole on a stepped ebony base. The corpus is in good overall condition, barring one old repair to the apex where the four joins meet, this repair was an amateur one and as such there is a little bit of movement in this area.