Spectacular large cruciform reliquary monstrance made of lacquered wood decorated with a silver figure of crucified Christ, silver finials, and plaques depicting Skull over Crossed Bones and the Lamb of God. A removable ornate theca housing particles from the wood from the True Cross of Jesus Christ is placed in the oval cavity at the base of the monstrance. The relics are displayed in a cruciform shape surrounded by paperolle ornamentation and are identified in Latin on a manuscript cedula label as S. Crusis D.N.J.C. (Holy Cross of Our Lord Jesus Christ). On its back, the theca is secured by an undisturbed seal of … More

Large gilt wood glass-fronted reliquary frame housing the first-class ex panno a stigmatibus cruentato  (from a cloth bloodied by the stigmata) relics of St. Padre Pio. A very large fragment of the cloth relic is affixed under a portrait of the Saint to a red silk ground profusely decorated with an elaborate gilt paperolle ornamentation and identified in Latin on a typeset cedula label as Ex Panno a Stig. Cruentato S. Pii a Pietrelcina (from a cloth bloodied by the stigmata of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina).  On the back, the frame is secured with a crisscrossed red silk ribbon, held in place by four seals … More

Extremely rare and massive oval glass-fronted metal reliquary theca housing three first- and second-class relics of Saint Pope John Paul II. Very large relics are centered around the color portrait on a red silk ground decorated by gilt paperolle and identified in Latin on a bi-color typeset cedulae labels as Ex Capillis Joannis Pauli II, Papae // Ex Sanguinae Joannis Pauli II // Ex Indumentis Joannis Pauli II, Papae. (of the hair, blood, and clothing of Saint Pope John Paul II).  On the back, under a protective cap, the theca is secured with a seal of red Spanish wax bearing an imprint of a coat of … More

A richly decorated silver reliquary monstrance surmounted by a cross and housing in the central glass-fronted cavity a precious relic of the True Cross of Jesus Christ (SS. Crucis D.N. = the Most Holy Cross of Our Lord) surrounded by five relics of the Christ's Life and Passion: of the Column of Flagellation (Ex Colum. Flag.), of the Thorn from the Crown of Thorns (SS. Coron. Spinae D.N.), of the Empty Tomb of Christ (Ex. Sepul. D.N.), of the Christ's Bandages (ex Fascia D.N.J.C.), and of the Nativity Grotto (Ex Praecepio D.N.). On the back, under a removable cap, the relics are secured by an … More

Rarely seen silver Orthodox reliquary in a shape of a pectoral cross decorated on the frontal plate with an intricately rendered gilt and niello scene of the Crucifixion flanked by the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. John the Evangelist surmounted by the Holy Ghost depicted a dove containing relics of four important Orthodox Saints: Saint Greatmartyr Demetrius of Thessaloniki, Saint Peter, the Metropolitan of Moscow, Saint Martyr Procopius of Scythopoli, and Saint Venerable Ephraim of Novy Torg, Founder of the Boris and Gleb Monastery. On the back, the reliquary inscribed in Old Slavonic as МОЩИ СВЯ: ПЕТРА МИТРОПОЛИ: (Relics of the Saint Peter, the … More

Spectacular large silver crystal-fronted reliquary decorated with opulent floral ornamentation and housing significant first-class ex ossibus (of the bone) relic of Saint Christopher.  Substantial relic is affixed to the background of red silk decorated with paperole ornamentation and identified on a paper cedula label as S. Christopha/ri M. (St. Christopher, Martyr). On the back, the theca is secured with a perfectly preserved seal of red Spanish wax bearing a faint imprint with a coat of arms of an unidentified Catholic Bishop.

Opulent 19th-century large glass-fronted silver reliquary theca surmounted by a crown and decorated by intricate filligree floral ornamentation containing a fragment from the Holy Shroud of Jesus Christ also known as the Shroud of Turin. The relics are affixed to a paper on a gold silk ground and identified in Latin on a bi-color manuscript cedula label as De Sancta Sindone in quo involuto fuit corpus Dni Ntri Jesu Christi (From the Holy Shroud in which the body of our Lord Jesus Christ was wrapped). On the back,  the theca is secured by a perfectly preserved seal of red Spanish wax … More

An opulent and massive solid silver-faced Baroque reliquary housing substantial and historically-important ex ossibus (of the bone) pre-canonization relics of four Catholic Martyr Saints of China and Vietnam: St. Louis Gabriel Taurin Dufresse, St. François-Régis Clet, St. John of Triora, and St. Ignatius Delgado, all Beautified by Pope Leo XIII on May 27, 1900. The reliquary was sealed around the time of the Beatification by the Society of Foreign Missions of Paris and distributed by the Vatican's Papal office of the Congregation for Saints’ Causes.  The relics are affixed to a background of red silk and surrounded by paperolle, silk thread, and imitation … More

Extremely rare realistically rendered hand-painted wooden reliquary statue housing the first-class ex capillis (of the hair) pre-canonization relic of Saint Pope John Paul II. A relic, comprised of several small strands of hair, is housed in a round, removable red crystal encrusted brass theca inserted into the base of the statue. Inside the theca, the precious relics are affixed to a red silk ground and identified in Latin on a bi-color typeset cedula label as Ex Capillis Beati Joannis Pauli II Papae. (of the hair of the Blessed Pope John Paul II).  On the back, under a protective cap, the theca is … More

Rare fancy gilt filigree silver reliquary housing the first-class ex capillis (of the hair) relic of Saint Pope John Paul II. A relic, comprised of several strands of hair, is affixed to a red silk ground surrounded by gilt paperolle ornamentation, studded with four crystals, and identified in Latin on a bi-color typeset cedula label as Ex Capillis Sancti Joannis Pauli II Papae. (of the hair of Saint Pope John Paul II).  On the back, under a protective cap, the reliquary is secured with a seal of red Spanish wax bearing an imprint of a coat of arms of the Postulator General of the Cause for … More