The Ninian Reliquary

Medieval

British Museum

circa 1200

A golden capsule reliquary containing beneath a domed crystal, a relic of the True Cross in a field of pearls and accompanied by a golden relic plate, now loose. The prominence of St. Ninian makes it virtually certain that the reliquary was made for a church in North Britain, probably one of the few Premonstatensian houses in the north, such as Alnwick or Easby.

• Medium: gold & pearl
• Dimensions: diameter: 5.1cm
• Art Fund Grant: £1200 ( Total: £1,200)
• ArtFunded in: 1946
• Vendor: Lazlo Ekstein

Provenance

Lazlo Ekstein

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