Archive for March 6th, 2009
Reliquary…Or Salt Cellar?
Friday, March 6th, 2009The Victoria and Albert Museum has on display an intriguing sixteenth century object known as ‘The Poor Clare’s Reliquary’. The Museum is studying the object and debating its purpose. The marks on the vessel tell us that it was made in London in 1551, probably by the Royal Goldsmith Affabel Partridge, at a time when [...]