UNKNOWN GOLDSMITH, French
(active 1140s in Limousin)

Angel Reliquary

1140s
Copper, gilded, champlevé and cloisonné, height 24 cm
Saint-Sulpice, Saint-Sulpice-les-Feuilles

This exceptional piece is the result of mounting three distinct parts: the figure of an angel made at the beginning of the 12th century, a rectangular socle, probably contemporary, and a cylindrical crystal reliquary, probably added in the 13th century.