Arts and Crafts Era Gothic Revival Blood of Christ Church Jug w. IHS Christogram

Antique bible table stand with hand carved cross and open IHS symbols in Gothic quatrefoil in the sides. This beautifully and fine quality hand-carved Gothic bible stand dates from...

Beautiful quality and very good condition pair of Gothic church sculpture or candle stands. If only the rarest is good enough for you then this, possibly unique, pair of antique chu...

One very stylish, medieval looking, little antique stool created in the Arts & Crafts era. In the Arts & Crafts era many artisans experimented with incorporating different styles in...

Stunning religious wall panel in thick relief with strong hook for easy mounting. For the collectors of stunning antique church relics we are also offering this marvelously hand carved pelican sculpture for wall mounting. The character ascribed to the pelican in this context is nearly as fabulous as that of the phœnix. From a clumsy, gluttonous, piscivorous water-bird, it was by the growth of legends transformed into a mystic emblem of Christ, whom Dante terms "Nostro Pelicano". St. Hieronymus gives the story of the pelican restoring its young ones destroyed by serpents as an illustration of the destruction of man by the old Serpent, and his salvation by the blood of Christ. The pelican in Christian art is an emblem of Jesus Christ, by "whose blood we are healed" and it is also a symbol of charity. Many early painters and carvers mistakenly represented it more similar to an eagle (much like in this antique church relic), and not as a natural pelican which is why most people today still are a bit confused at first when this stunning hand carved, symbolic bird is called a pelican. This striking and all hand carved, symbolic panel was originally part of a church or monastery communion rail...

Jones and Willis A large Gothic Revival heavy brass jug. Circa 1870. with a later inscription: For the glory of God, and the use of the church of St B...

Hallmarked in London in 1877 by Samuel Smily, this handsome, Victorian, Antique Sterling Silver Communion Set, is in the Gothic revival style. ...

C R Ashbee. Made by The Guild of Handicrafts. An Arts and Crafts Copper chalice. The lid with semi-precious red stone to the wirework handle rising from...

Arts & crafts metalware centerpiece Folk Art stand Highly decorative stand made from copper and all hand worked with applied enamel paints and script motif...