Holy Thorn Reliquary
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| Present location | The British Museum |
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| Created | prob. before 1397 |
| Materials | Gold |
| Vitreous enamel | |
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| ID | 2142310 |
About Holy Thorn Reliquary
The Holy Thorn Reliquary was probably created in the 1390s in Paris for John, Duke of Berry, to house a relic of the Crown of Thorns. The reliquary was bequeathed to the British Museum in 1898 by Ferdinand de Rothschild as part of the Waddesdon Bequest.
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