Religious reliquaries, relics.....

 All of these hand made frames are Napoleon III or Victorian, made in the 19th century.

 All the white spots in the pictures are off course reflections of light on the glass!

   reliquary 3

  French devotional reliquary from the 19th century. Hand made and contains relic remains of 7 saints under glass! Hand written papers and remains of saints, among them: 
St. Scholastique, St. Julien, St. Lubin, Reginaldi, .... Some dust under the glass.
In a black wooden Napoleon III frame with domed glass. On the back the original wax seals! Size: 12 x 10 cm

references: relics, relliquaries, religious, remains of saints, in memoriam, memento mori, ....