A Mexican Silver-gilt Monstrance, circa 1600

shaped rectangular base with egg-and-dart rim, chased with skulls, serpent, swags of fruit and cartouches bearing emblems of the Passion, vase-shaped stem chased with cherub heads and swags, quadrangular host chamber enclosed by free standing columns surmounted by a Pieta under a cupola, hung with bells and with cross finial, with a later detachable gilt-metal platform (not illustrated)

cross possibly replaced, central chamber may have had side panels, otherwise good, chasing fine particularly on foot details, nice emotion to central group
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