Locket, 14th century, French, Basse taille enamel, silver-gilt, Overall: 1 3/4 x 1 1/2 x 3/8 in. (4.4 x 3.8 x 1cm), Enamels-Basse taille, This pendant once contained a small disk of wax, blessed by the pope during the Easter season and worn as a kind of amulet. The back shows a lamb, a symbol of Jesus, and is surrounded by a Latin inscription that translates: 'Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us
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Locket, 14th century, French, Basse taille enamel, silver-gilt, Overall, 1 3/4 x 1 1/2 3/8, 4.4 3.8 1cm, Enamels-Basse taille, pendant, contained, small disk, wax, blessed, pope, Easter season, worn, kind, amulet, back, lamb, symbol, Jesus, surrounded, Latin inscription, translates, Lamb, God, takes away, sins, world, mercy upon, us
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