Dorothy Reliquary Monstrance
1417–20 (shrine; Upper
Rhineland,
possibly Constance); about 1440 (base, stem, and crockets and finial
above;
Basel)
Raised, engraved, pounced,
and partially gilded silver, with glass, translucent and opaque
champlevé
enamel, and a chalcedony intaglio, agate cameo, amethyst, garnet,
sapphire,
and spinel ruby; H. 21 3/4 in. (55 cm)
Historisches Museum Basel
More of St. Dorothy
Source of photo:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York