Reliquary in carved wood representing Saint Joseph.
A reliquary is an object intended to house relics. It allows the faithful to honor the relics, without risking damaging them, using an opening present on the face of the object
End of 18th century
Italy
At the end of the Middle Ages pottery villages around the town of Vindefontaine were born. They set up a large potter’s house, and made butter pots, pitchers, inkwells, vases, but above all potty sandstone fountains with brown enamel decorated with kaolin.
XVIII century,
West Normandy,
France.
Marotte in polychrome painted papier-mâché and glued printed paper, presenting a female figure with black hair and a scalloped bodice. Marked DANJARD L. Vincent Paris Patented in 1860 Successor, on the base.
Excellent state of preservation
This model is commissioned work carried out in a convent, probably to commemorate an ordination. The green paper used for part of the interior decoration allows us to place the manufacture in the first quarter of the 19th century.
Pair of large Neapolitan terracotta basins.
XIX
Italy
Pauline doll, German Nuremberg cardboard box with its original clothing.
Sulphide eyes.
Circa 1830
Germany
Pair of blown glass wig holders, paper engravings glued under the glass, wooden feet.
Napoleon III period,
France
Stern figure for the rear castle of a Spanish galleon, in polychrome wood representing a bust of allegorical sculpture crowned with flowers and fruits, symbol of abundance.
XVII century
Spain
Collector’s doll, polychrome papier-mâché head from the Voit house
Body in wood and fabrics. The lines of the hand are sculpted.
Polychrome wooden bust of a Roman patrician.
sulphide eyes
Circa 1800
Italy