Religious Reliquaries:: John's Tooth

Religious Reliquaries :: John's Tooth

On the right, inside one of my first religious reliquaries, you'll find a haunting vintage image of a nun clutching a rosary. She is cloaked in pale green with a halo of gold around her head. On either side of her are wooden columns marbled with paper and gold braid. Above her hangs a golden cross, while vintage emerald glass beads and rhinestones shine on either side.

Shimmering green paper with a delicate gold filligree is behind her and on the left. A glass ampule nestled on a pillow of green velvet and tied with a golden silk thread holds the relic: a tiny pearl of a baby tooth. It's surrounded by a vintage gold paper medallion, green velvet and gold ribbon, and decorative gold leaves at each corner.

On the front, two overlapping layers of paper cover a raised cross decorated with a reimagined piece of jewelry to give the finishing touch to this religious reliquary.

Dimensions ::
Open - 9 3/4" X 6 1/2"
Closed - 5" X 6 1/2"

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