Eucharistic Dove, ca. 1215–35, Made in Limoges, France, French, Copper: formed, engraved, chiseled, scraped, stippled, and gilt; champlevé enamel: dark and medium blue, red, yellow, turquoise, medium green and white; blue-black glass inset eyes., Overall: 7 1/2 x 7 13/16 x 2 13/16 in. (19 x 19.8 x 7.2 cm), Enamels-Champlevé, Rich with gilding, its overall surface engraved and enameled in a pattern that suggests layers of feathers, this dove would have hung over an altar as an evocation of the Holy Spirit. A tear-shaped door on its back conceals a small cavity once used to hold the bread of the Eucharist
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Eucharistic Dove, ca, 1215–35, Limoges, France, French, Copper, formed, engraved, chiseled, scraped, stippled, gilt, champlevé enamel, dark, medium blue, red, yellow, turquoise, green, white, blue-black glass inset eyes, Overall, 7 1/2 x 7 13/16 2 13/16, 19 19.8 7.2 cm, Enamels-Champlevé, Rich, gilding, overall surface engraved, enameled, pattern, layers, feathers, dove, hung, altar, evocation, Holy Spirit, tear-shaped door, back conceals, small cavity, hold, bread, Eucharist
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