A Wonderful Mid 19thC Shadow Box Framed Reliquary sub-Curios They are dated either ’78

They are dated either ’78 or ’79 and are signed with a monogram

It began as "Modern French" style in England in the 1820s

One wonders why the first sentence is so dramatic

According to his biographer

fronted by carved cabriole acanthus leaf legs

A Wonderful Mid 19thC Shadow Box Framed Reliquary sub-Curios They are dated either ’78Origin: French or German Period: Mid Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1860 Height: 7. 5 inches Width: 5. 75 inches Depth: 2 inches The Whole: 9. 25 X 11 inches The glazed three dimensional reliquary, with paperolles work, paper filigree quilling, dried and tied flowers, beads and gilded scrolled papers in Latin text and silk cord with central paper cartouche depicting three figures and the crucifix and red rubber stamped seal, the whole