An 18thC Italian Silver-Plated Bronze Catholic Ostensory or Monstrance c.1780 sub-Art & Sculpture for several hundred years the

for several hundred years the words were interchangeable

5” wide x 13” high

surviving from nineteenth century France

Height: 24” or 14” at seat

raised and divided by well turned open pierced spiral turnings and baluster supports

An 18thC Italian Silver-Plated Bronze Catholic Ostensory or Monstrance c.1780 sub-Art & Sculpture for several hundred years theOrigin: Italian Period: Baroque Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1780 Height: 16 Width: 8. 25 Depth: 4. 5 The beautifully crafted ostensory or monstrance, for the display of relics or objects of piety, the upper section as a sunburst with cross finial, the circular glass compartment opening to reveal a vacant interior, over a winged cherub to a turned cylindrical shaft with chased lotus leaves, to a circular stepped base, the whole surviving from a