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Reliquary with Floral Scrolls
(Renaissance Europe )
The inside of the foot is coated with blue enamel on white and sprinkled with gilt stars. It shows a pointed shield: or, charged with three crescents azure. This coat-of-arms may refer to any one of three Venetian families: Barberi, Barbetta, or Barba.
Provenance
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Raoul Heilbronner, Paris, [date of acquisition unknown] by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1911, by purchase, Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Italy, Venice (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Overall H: 14 15/16 × Diam of base: 5 5/16 in. (38 × 13.5 cm); Base H: 11 3/4 × Diam: 5 5/16 in. (29.9 × 13.5 cm); Lid H: 3 13/16 × Diam: 3 3/8 in. (9.7 × 8.5 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1911
Location in Museum
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
44.171