Curator

  • Art Institute Chicago
  • Harvard art museum
  • My Exhibition
An object which looks like the rays of the sun and a cross on a wide fluted base.

Monstrance

1812 - 1852

Designed by Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin

British

A silver-gilt monstrance, set with semi-precious stones and cut brilliants (three missing from the cruciform finial), with original glass, marked with the mark of the Birmingham Assay Office, the date-letter of 1852-53, and Hardman & Co. The crescent host holder is missing.

Silver, gilt, glass, and semi-precious stones

Vessels