Grand ostensoir en argent et vermeil par Jacobus von Rezant, Amsterdam, 1742

reposant sur un large pied ovale repoussé de quatre médaillons représentant l'Agneau Pascal, deux saints (Joseph et Dominique?) et le monogramme IHS, le noeud orné d'un pélican et de ses petits dans un nid d'où s'échappent quatre épis, la gloire en vermeil sommée de la colombe eucharistique sous un baldaquin timbré d'une couronne royale en argent et d'un crucifix en vermeil

in overall good condition - clearly marked on the foot and on the crown, one stone missing on the knot, one small garland missing at the rear of the knot. Nice and impressive piece.
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