pyx
- Museum number
- 1878,1101.4
- Description
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Pyx; copper; gilt and champlevé enamelled; cylindrical body; hinged conical lid; body decorated with four half-length figures of angels within semi-circles: gilt on blue enamelled ground, alternating with floral design on light blue ground; lid decorated in similar fashion.
- Production date
- 13thC
- Dimensions
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Height: 100 millimetres
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Width: 83 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- A pyx is a receptacle for preserving the consecrated host after Mass. This is one of several Limoges pyxides in the collections. See also PRN 5050, 5143 and reg. no. 1913, 12-20, 2, 1944, 10-1, 42. For further information on Limoges work of this period, see Gauthier below. See also departmental enamel index. PSH 27.11.91.
- Location
- On display (G1/wp26/sh5)
- Acquisition date
- 1878
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1878,1101.4
