A Pair of Late 18thC Gilded & Silvered Pine Italian Altar Cards c.1790 reserved with turned handles

with turned handles

the unusual handle moulded in the form of a lion

perhaps ceremonial and there is a chance it is earlier than eighteenth century

in burrwood and elm

A Pair of Late 18thC Gilded & Silvered Pine Italian Altar Cards c.1790 reserved with turned handlesOrigin: Italian Period: Rococo Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1790 Heights: 9 Widths: 10. 5 10 Depths: 1 In entirely original condition, the gilded and carved wooden frames sculpted to vegetal motifs and ribbon bow finials, the silvered altar cards or cartaglorias in shaped cartouches showing the original hand written latin texts in gold, red and green, for recital by the priest at mass, and surviving from late eighteenth century Italy. The wholes are