19th C Oval Chalk Reliquary of Madonna and Child
19th C Oval Chalk Reliquary of Madonna and Child
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Religious Chalk Reliquary Small Madonna and Child - 1850-1880
19th-century Continental devotional chalf/meerchamp relief under convex glass, likely French or Italian, depicting the Virgin Mary with the Christ Child—possibly a variation of Madonna della Misericordia or Our Lady of Grace.
Hand-modeled or pressed wax composition, mounted on a paper or chalk-gesso base (as seen from the back).
The convex glass would have been hand-blown and cut to fit — a common feature of 19th-century devotional miniatures.
The backing’s chalky white residue indicates it was once sealed into a reliquary-style case or portable shrine.
France or Northern Italy (these were popular pilgrimage souvenirs and devotional keepsakes, especially from shrines like Lourdes or Loreto).
Religious Chalk Reliquary Small Madonna and Child - 1850-1880
19th-century Continental devotional chalf/meerchamp relief under convex glass, likely French or Italian, depicting the Virgin Mary with the Christ Child—possibly a variation of Madonna della Misericordia or Our Lady of Grace.
Hand-modeled or pressed wax composition, mounted on a paper or chalk-gesso base (as seen from the back).
The convex glass would have been hand-blown and cut to fit — a common feature of 19th-century devotional miniatures.
The backing’s chalky white residue indicates it was once sealed into a reliquary-style case or portable shrine.
France or Northern Italy (these were popular pilgrimage souvenirs and devotional keepsakes, especially from shrines like Lourdes or Loreto).