11/12/2024
19th Century Candle Shade Ornament
More than hundred years ago, this delightful star would have sat on a bronze stand shading the light of a candle and throwing a sparkling light, possibly for praying nuns. The five-pointed star, representing the five wounds of Christ, is made of a bronze frame studded with 55 clear glass stones of varying sizes and five deep blue glass stones. The raised centre of the star consists of Prussian blue coloured glass engraved with a Marian Cross symbolising Mary’s presence at the foot of the cross during Jesus’ crucification. The ornament was probably made in France in the late 1800s.
AUD 180.