Sicily, Italy
This was once a small shrine created for a domestic setting. It was made in Sicily in the 16th century but in the 19th century, it was stripped of its devotional figures and refitted with two thermometers and a calendar of saints' days for the month of May.
Earliest Rothschild collector probably: Alice de Rothschild; b.1847, d.1922
Credit: Waddesdon (Rothschild Family)
19th Century {thermometers and calendar}, 16th Century {shrine frame}
Copper, coral, gold, enamel, paper and metal
151.2003
Image and text © Waddesdon Manor, 2019
Where you'll find this
Waddesdon Manor
Permanent collection