Indo-Portuguese Silver Mounted Reliquary as a Table Lamp

An antique Portuguese altar decoration that once housed a relic, or small image of a saint. It is crafted with hammered and repousse sheet silver mounted to a teakwood backing and stand. The silver is unmarked as is most early Colonial silver. Note: rewired.

DATE c. 1840

DIMENSIONS Width 10 Depth 6 Height 22 in.