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Gold filigree devotional scapular with chains.

Currency:USD Category:Artifacts / Shipwreck Artifacts Start Price:3,800.00 USD Estimated At:4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD
Gold filigree devotional scapular with chains.
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Gold filigree devotional scapular with chains. 17.1 grams total, each panel 1-3/4" x 1-3/8", the chains 8" long. This religious item was worn around the neck to show the wearer's pledge to a confraternity, saint, or way of life, as well as reminding the wearer of that promise, this specimen in high-grade gold, obviously made for someone important, and consisting of two squarish panels connected by two short, fine chains, the one-sided panels thin, filigree frames depicting raised designs of the Virgin and Child on one and crowned arms representing the Holy Trinity on the other, with white encrustation in crevices. Recovered from:Unidentified ca.-1800 wreck off South America