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Pax with Virgin and Child

19th or early 20th century
Object PlaceGermany
Medium/TechniqueCopper (100% copper, traces of lead and tin)
Dimensions17.15 x 11.75 cm (6 3/4 x 4 5/8 in.)
Credit LineWilliam E. Nickerson Fund
Accession number57.590
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsEcclesiastical ornaments
Collections
ProvenanceRobert Forrer (b. 1866 - d. 1947), Strasbourg [see note]. 1957, sold by M.H. Drey, Ltd., London, to the MFA for $395. (Accession Date: September 12, 1957)

NOTE: According to notes in the MFA curatorial files.
Fragment of Paten
late 10th–11th century
Jug
6th–8th century
Statuette of Saint John
second half of 13th century
Base of a reliquary
late 13th–14th century
Unidentified artist, German
late 15th century (?)
19th century (?)
Crucifix
15th century
late 14th century
19th century
Relief of the Virgin
third quarter of 12th century
Unidentified artist
17th century