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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Italian 18th Century Neoclassical Carved Wooden Altar Shrine
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful neoclassical altar shrine with original gilding and color. Great and unique item.
Italy, circa 1760-1800
Weathered, losses and old repairs.
More photo's available on reques...
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Italian Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items
Materials
Wood
English Medieval Extremely Rare Church Pew Animal Carvings
Located in Vero Beach, FL
English Medieval Extremely Rare Church Pew Animal Carvings
Pair of extraordinary animal carvings from the 15th century. A cat playing with a mouse and a dog with a bat wing in its p...
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Medieval Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items
Materials
Wood
Pair Of 16th Century Italian Memento Mori
Located in Hastings, GB
A truly exceptional pair of Memento Mori 'remember you must die' painted on board, these date to the 16th century and were originally housed in an North Italian Monastery, this incre...
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Italian Gothic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items
Materials
Pine
Pietà, devotional plaque. Bronze. Spanish School, 17th century, based on the mo
Located in Madrid, ES
Pietà, devotional plaque. Bronze. Spanish School, 17th century, based on the model of Guglielmo DELLA PORTA.
Oval-shaped devotional plaque made of bronze, featuring a ring at the t...
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European Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items
Materials
Bronze
18Th Century Water Gilded Sunburst Around Clouds
Located in Hastings, GB
An incredible and very rare late 18th century Italian water gilded sunburst, with a formation of clouds surrounded by sunrays, in beautiful time worn condition, one ray has been lost...
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Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items
Materials
Pine
French 17th Century Baroque Wooden Madonna with Child
Located in Buisson, FR
Lovely hand carved wooden Madonna with child with traces of old color. Despite of the fact this piece has several losses , she has a wonderful and strong expression and beautiful old...
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French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items
Materials
Wood
Fine Museum Quality Large Antique 18th Century Greek Orthodox Icon, Pentecost
Located in New York, NY
An exceptional, museum quality very large 18th century Greek icon of the Pentecost.
Egg tempera and gold leaf on wood, primed with gesso.
Attributed to Mount Athos...
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Greek Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items
Materials
Wood
15th C Gothic Tabernacle 4 ft.+ Rare Architectural Religious Art, Museum Quality
Located in Vero Beach, FL
15th century period Gothic Tabernacle, extremely rare (Medieval) architectural religious art, museum quality ecclesiastical altar piece.
This is an ...
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German Medieval Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items
Materials
Wood, Paint
18th Century Italian Antique Oil Painting on Canvas, Madonna in prayer
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
We are pleased to present this captivating religious painting of the Italian school, painted in oil on canvas in the 18th century. This wonderful painting depicting the Madonna in pr...
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Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items
Materials
Canvas
Italian Baroque Tabernacle Framed Painting
Located in Bradenton, FL
18th Century Italian Baroque Style Hand-Carved Tabernacle Frame. Frame featuring Madonna and Infant Christ, oil on panel, housed within polychrome frame with carved columns. These ta...
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Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items
Materials
Wood
Early Antique Engraved Silver Crucifix, Reliquary Cross Box Pendant 17th Century
Located in Bristol, GB
ANTIQUE SILVER CRUCIFIX/LATIN CROSS
A striking and decorative piece made from continental silver with a central crucifix engraved with a fairly naive depiction of Christ.
The centr...
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Spanish Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items
Materials
Silver
18th Century Italian Gilded Tabernacle with a Hand-Carved Chalice Fragment
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian gilded and hand-carved tabernacle adorned with an 18th century Italian gilt chalice and Sabina Faye Braxton gaufrage fabric. This tabernacle once belonged in a h...
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Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items
Materials
Gold Leaf
Large Reliquary with Relics of Saints – 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Magnificent 18th-century silver-plated reliquary, oval in shape and featuring meticulous ornamentation. Inside, it houses numerous relics of saints, carefully arranged and protected ...
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European Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items
Materials
Silver Plate
French, 18th Century, Baroque Gilded Metal Procession Cross
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful baroque gilded metal procession cross with a great patina.
France circa 1750. weathered and small losses.
Measurements include the wooden pedestal.
Category
French Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items
Materials
Iron
18th-Century Orthodox Icon of Saint Athanasius of Alexandria – Hand-Painted
Located in LA FERTÉ-SOUS-JOUARRE, FR
A stunning 18th-century Orthodox icon depicting Saint Athanasius of Alexandria, an important Patriarch and Church Father. This religious artwork is hand-painted on a solid wooden pan...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items
Materials
Fruitwood
18th Century Giltwood All Seeing Eye of God Devotional Gold Sunburst
Located in Hastings, GB
An incredible and very rare late 18th century Italian giltwood sunburst, with the All Seeing Eye of God to the centre surrounded by a formation of clouds, in beautiful time worn cond...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items
Materials
Gesso, Wood
17th/18th Century Baroque Period Carved Polychrome Santo Altar Statue
Located in Forney, TX
A scarce Baroque period Spanish or Italian hand carved polychrome painted wood Santo sculpture with inset colored glass eyes, original white robe garb and later wood rosary.
Intrica...
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European Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items
Materials
Gesso, Wood, Paint
Antique 2ft French Box Wood Corpus Christi Olive Wood Cross & Base 17th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a distinctive antique French patinated boxwood altar Corpus Christi of Christ crucified on an olive wood cross, dating from the late 17th Century.
The details are very impressive, the Corpus Christi is very life-like, wearing a flowing linen cloth, his eyes closed and head upper-turned and raised on a stepped base.
The craftsmanship is second to none throughout all aspects of this magnificent altar Corpus Christi which is sure to add an unparalleled touch of sacred art to your home.
Condition:
In good condition. As an antique item, the piece shows signs of use commensurate with age, these minor condition issues are mentioned for accuracy and, as seen in the accompanying photographs, it displays beautifully.
Dimensions in cm:
Height 64 cm x Width 26 cm x Depth 13 cm
Dimensions in inches:
Height 2 feet, 1 inch x Width 10 inches x Depth 5 inches
The Christian cross, seen as a representation of the instrument of the crucifixion of Jesus, is the best-known symbol of Christianity. It is related to the crucifix (a cross that includes a corpus, usually a three-dimensional representation of Jesus' body) and to the more general family of cross symbols, the term cross itself being detached from the original specifically Christian meaning in modern English (as in many other western languages).
The basic forms of the cross are the Latin cross with unequal arms (✝) and the Greek cross (✚) with equal arms, besides numerous variants, partly with confessional significance, such as the tau cross...
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French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items
Materials
Olive
17th-18th Century Italian Hand carved Wooden Reliquary Bust of a Saint
Located in Buisson, FR
Spectacular and very decorative piece. Large carved wooden reliquary bust of a Saint. Beautiful weathered paint and gilding. Small losses / old repairs and without the relics. Italy ...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items
Materials
Wood
Italian 18th Century Neoclassical Silvered And Painted Wooden Tabernacle
Located in Buisson, FR
Wonderful small tabernacle that once graced a church altar. Beautiful original silverleaf and faux marble paint.
weathered, small losses. Italy circa 1780
Category
Italian Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items
Materials
Wood
IMPORTANT PORTUGUESE ORATORY WITH CALVARY 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
IMPORTANT PORTUGUESE ORATORY WITH CALVARY 18th Century
Portuguese, from the 18th century
in carved Brazilian rosewood.
Decoration with interrupted pediments, volutes, floral motifs...
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Portuguese Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items
Materials
Silver
Antique 16th Century German (Augsburg) parcel-gilt Silver-Gold Chalice/Goblet
Located in Doha, QA
This is an absolutely exquisite rare Cooper-gilt ,silver-gold and three Sterling Silver angels Chalice originated from Augsburg (Germany ) in th...
Category
German Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items
Materials
Gold, Silver, Copper
IMPORTANT AND RARE LITURGICAL PSALTER, Spain, 16th Century (1550-1575)
By Europa
Located in Madrid, ES
IMPORTANT AND RARE LITURGICAL PSALTER, Spain, 16th Century (1550-1750)
Psalterium iuxta Romanum (Liturgical Psalter according to the Roman Rite)
Latin (with Spanish additions), illu...
Category
Spanish Spanish Colonial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items
Materials
Parchment Paper
Stone Buddha Head Chinese Qi Dynasty on Custom Stand
Located in Atlanta, GA
Carved out of a single block of grayish brown stone (likely granite type), this Buddha head represents Northern Qi style in China (550-577AD) and likely of the period. The Northern Q...
Category
Chinese Archaistic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items
Materials
Marble
Amethyst Mineral Sculpture with High Crystal Peaks on Metal Stand
Located in London, GB
A stunning deep purple amethyst cluster with unusually high peaked crystals on metal stand. The polished frame shows mineral layers developing from the rough basalt, to the grey/blue...
Category
South American Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items
Materials
Agate, Amethyst, Quartz
18th Century Spanish Colonial Carved Wood Statue of a Saint
Located in Miami, FL
A very fine Spanish Colonial statue of a male saint in carved and polychromed wood. The saint's face has a beatific expression and the eyes are made of gl...
Category
Philippine Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items
Materials
Wood
Ebony Wood and Gilt Bronze Reliquary Altar Cross After Giambologna
Located in Leesburg, VA
Anonymous (corpus after a model by Giambologna)
circa 1700; Netherlandish or Northern Rhinish
Ebonized wood, gilt bronze appliques and statuettes, textiles and relics
Approximat...
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Dutch Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items
Materials
Bronze
18th Century Carved Wood INRI Scroll Jesus of Nazareth King of the Jews
Located in Hastings, GB
Intricately carved and rare late 18th Century carved wooded scroll, bearing the letters INRI - Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum (Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews).
A magnificent ...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items
Materials
Wood
Rare and Important Renaissance "Judaica" Carved Oak Wood Cabinet
Located in New York, NY
A Rare and Important Renaissance "Judaica" Carved Oak Wood Cabinet, circa 1680
We are pleased to present a rare and important Renaissance Judaica c...
Category
German Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Oak
Stunning Antique Gothic Revival Hand Carved Elm Wood Blanket Chest / Trunk 1750
Located in Lisse, NL
Great looking and patina antique Gothic trunk, made of solid elmwood.
This impressive looking and practical size chest shows a number of deep and...
Category
Spanish Gothic Revival Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items
Materials
Wrought Iron
Italian Medieval Gothic Carved Stone Saint Statue
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful weathered hand carved stone medieval statue depicting a Saint . Italy 16th century. Weathered, small losses and old repair.
H:51cm W:18cm D:13cm
Category
Italian Gothic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items
Materials
Stone
Large Antique Oil on Canvas Painting of Saint Joseph W. Lily and the Child Jesus
Located in Lisse, NL
Early religious work of art, presented in the original antique frame.
This beautiful and uplifting portrait of Saint Joseph holding hands with the child Jesus is an oil on canvas an...
Category
European Baroque Revival Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items
Materials
Linen, Wood, Paint, Plaster
18th Century Altar Modell, South Germany, with Original Painting, Wood
Located in Epfach, DE
18th century Altar Modell, South Germany, with original painting, wood
A rare altar model with original painting, in the middle Jesus Christus and on the ...
Category
German Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items
Materials
Wood
Antique Early Romanesque Gothic Architectural Tabernacle Niche Door
Located in Forney, TX
A scarce antique ecclesiastical architectural hand carved and painted wooden church - cathederal tabernacle door.
18th century or earlier, early Medieval European Romanesque Gothic style, facade with elaborate arched header atop partial quartfoil, hinged tabernacle door panel which would have opened to important religious niche...
Category
European Gothic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items
Materials
Wood
Large Antique Russian Icon Resurrection and Great Feast Days, 18th-19th Century
Located in New York, NY
Large antique late 18th century- early 19th century Russian icon of the Resurrection with Great Feasts. Original condition with beautiful age-old patina. The central area depicting t...
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Russian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items
Materials
Wood
Large 1870 Original Religious Painting, Cherubs, Signed by S. Barber, Spain
Located in Miami, FL
1870 original religious painting. Cherubs
Signed by S.Barber
Interior measurements: 48.42in x 39.76in
Frame: 2.75 in.
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items
Materials
Paint
Last Supper. Oil on panel. Castilian School, 16th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Last Supper. Oil on panel. Castilian School, 16th century.
It has faults.
An oil on panel painting depicting a figurative image against a neutral background, with a checkered tile...
Category
Spanish Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items
Materials
Other
18th Century, Spanish Colonial Madonna/Saint Statue in Carved & Polychromed Wood
Located in Miami, FL
A lovely and rare Spanish colonial statue of a madonna or female saint in carved and polychromed wood with movable arms and hands. Philippines, circa 1700s. In her time and within th...
Category
Philippine Spanish Colonial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items
Materials
Wood
Manteña Chair of Power Cachique of Prehispanic Ecuador 900 AD
Located in Madrid, ES
The chair has been carved from a block of
rock
These stone chairs are usually classified according to the iconographic motif carved in
the support of the seat, dividing mainly into t...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items
Materials
Stone
18th Century Carta Gloria
Located in Vero Beach, FL
This original 18th century frame is gilded over copper. It is elaborately embossed and chiseled. The cartouche is surrounded by rocaille and volute motifs. The Carta is mounted on a wood backing and rests on two linear bases. It is very rare to find the original altar glory prayer still present inside. It explains the part of the Mass being performed.
This is an extremely special museum piece for any ecclesiastical collection.
Measurements: W 14 ½” x H 14” x D 1”
Weight: 1 lb 8 oz
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items
Materials
Copper
17thC faux marble altar
Located in Livorno, IT
Wooden altar of late 17thC richly decorated.
Polychrome faux marble lacquer, embellished with carvings depicting putti with typical aesthetic characteristics of 17th-century Baroque....
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items
Materials
Wood, Hardwood, Walnut
19th Century Giltwood and Gesso Catholic Processional Crown
Located in Hastings, GB
A beautiful and very rare early 19th century Catholic processional Crown, hand crafted in wood with applied gesso and gilt, with rich, dark jewel adornments, (some missing) in wonder...
Category
German Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items
Materials
Gesso, Wood
Antique Lopburi Buddha Statue from Thailand
Located in Atlanta, GA
The Buddha statue was made from a copper alloy in a standing position with hands in double Abhaya mudra. This mudra symbolizes the act of dispelling fear in the face of adversity. In Laos and Thailand where this mudra are used as one of the most iconic gestures, with its origin was pre-Buddhism era, when it was a symbol of good intentions and friendship when approaching strangers. In contrast to Indian iconography, it was often shown with both hands raised to the level of the shoulder in Southeast Asia. The statue was made in the classic Lopburi style, which historically was heavily influenced by Khmer art...
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Thai Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items
Materials
Metal
Oil on Glass Depicting Our Lady of Sorrows — 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Oil on Glass — "Our Lady of Sorrows," 18th Century, Reverse Glass Painting
A refined and emotionally evocative 18th-century devotional painting depicting Our Lady of Sorrows, execut...
Category
European Greco Roman Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items
Materials
Glass
'World Chronicle', 1st Edition, by Schedel & Wolgemut, Nurnberg, 1493
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
'World Chronicle' 1st edition, by Schedel, Nurnberg, 1493
Original woodcut, one page with seven illustrations and Latin text
By Hartmann Schedel, originally published: July 12, 1493
Illustrator: Michael...
Category
German Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items
Materials
Paper
17th-18th Century Italian Hand carved Wooden Reliquary Bust of a Saint
Located in Buisson, FR
Spectacular and very decorative piece. Large hand carved wooden reliquary bust of a saint. Beautiful weathered color and gilding. Small losses/Old repairs and without the relics. Ita...
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items
Materials
Wood
18th Century Flemish Wood Carved Nativity Angels
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Superb pair of nativity angels. Wood carved with layers of original paint and gesso. Found in a church attic in Belgium. Fantastic craftsmanship and emo...
Category
Belgian Folk Art Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items
Materials
Gesso, Wood
18th Century Italian Cross with Kyanite, Calcite Crystals, and Baroque Pearls
By Interi
Located in Dublin, Dalkey
18th century Italian crucifix with gold-plated kyanite, calcite crystals in matrix, and baroque pearls. The crucifix is originally from a church in Liguria. It is hand-carved and pai...
Category
Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items
Materials
Rock Crystal, Gold Plate, Gold Leaf
12th Century Rare Romanesque Wood Sculpture of the Virgin Mary
Located in Vero Beach, FL
12th century extremely rare romanesque wood sculpture of the Virgin Mary.
Magnificent wood hand carved sculpture of the Virgin Mary holding a book to her chest.
It is an extremely rare survivor of the 12th century. The style is European, possibly French or English. This statue is a testimony to beautiful religious art from about 1150. A truly rare Romanesque sculpture...
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English Medieval Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items
Materials
Stone
17th Century Italian Painted Confessional Box
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Stunning 17th Century Italian painted confessional box.
From a private house Tuscan chapel, this wonderful piece is museum quality.
The faux painting is all original.
There is a seat...
Category
Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items
Materials
Pine, Paint
Oil on Copper - Virgin Mary with the Christ Child, 18th Century with Carved Wood
Located in Madrid, ES
A beautifully preserved devotional oil painting on copper plate, depicting the Virgin Mary tenderly holding the Christ Child. Executed circa 1700–1750, this 18th-century work embodie...
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European Greco Roman Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items
Materials
Copper
Monstrance (temple type). Silver. Spain, 16th century with restorations.
Located in Madrid, ES
Portable temple custody. Gilded silver, glass. 16th century, possible restorations.
Custody made of gilded silver (the finish has been lost in some points) composed of a base, an ax...
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Spanish Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items
Materials
Silver, Other
18th Century Italian Wood and Copper Altar Vase
Located in Hastings, GB
A large hand-crafted wood and copper altar vase, late 18th century with stunning patina.
Wear commensurate with the age of the piece.
The antique fan coral will only be supplied ...
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Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items
Materials
Copper
18th Century Water Gilded Processional Cross with Embroidered IHS
Located in Hastings, GB
Glorious 18th century water gilded baroque processional cross, with embroidered IHS panels inset.
Time worn patina, gesso over wood.
Height 61 cm, Width 37 cm, Depth 13 cm
Category
Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items
Materials
Gesso, Wood
Devotional plaque with Saint Jerome. Bronze. Spanish school, 16th century
Located in Madrid, ES
Devotional plaque with Saint Jerome. Bronze. Spanish school, 16th century.
Rectangular devotional plaque made of bronze, with a frame and a ring at the top and a figurative decorati...
Category
European Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items
Materials
Bronze
“Ressurrection”, Polychromed Wood, Spanish School, 16th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
The relief was probably a door of the Sagrario. The piece follows a customary decoration in the tabernacles of the Renaissance and the Baroque. Compare, for example, with the sevente...
Category
Spanish Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items
Materials
Other
Immaculate Conception. Oil on canvas. Colonial school, 18th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Immaculate Conception. Oil on canvas. Colonial school, 18th century.
Oil on canvas showing the Virgin Mary among angels, in a landscape and standing on a crescent moon, wearing a wh...
Category
South American Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items
Materials
Other
French 18th Century Risen Christ/Resurrection Statue With Flag
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful hand carved wooden risen Christ/ resurrection statue with flag in folk-art style.
Great expression and traces of original color still visible.
France circa 1750.
Weathered,...
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French Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Religious Items
Materials
Wood
