Médaillon de dévotion en cuivre ovale doré et gravé, il ouvre à quatre pan

Medallion of devotion in gilded and engraved oval copper, it opens with four sides revealing successively: 1 - Engraved: a Christ in cross surrounded by the instruments of the Passion and surmounting a mystical Sacred Heart including a devout soul lying in the wound.
Engraved inscriptions: "Semper Agens"/"Semper
Quietis"/EA.Tabernaculu.Ut.Requiescat.Inforaminib.
Petrae.Elegit".
Engraved reverse: emblem of Charity with the pelican sacrificing itself. Inscriptions: "Amore perfecto/Pert mort et tua vivo".
2 - Reliquary paperolle including relics of the True Cross, St Agathe, St Thibaud, St Gregory,
St. Francis de Sales, St. Fiacre, St. Therese,
St. Petronilla etc. Reverse: a gouache miniature on vellum representing the Evangelist St. Matthew.
3 - Engraved: St. Teresa of Avila stands with an angel at her feet, rosary in hand. Inscription around verse 3 of Psalm 42. Reverse: relics and paperolles under glass (gaps, not nominative) 4 - Engraved: emblem of the phoenix and inscription "Fortis ut mors dilectio/Post.Fu.Nera.Vivo". Engraved reverse:
St. Joseph and Our Lady of Sorrows at the foot of a Passion tree with the Infant Jesus on a banner.
Upper ram.
France, XVIIIth century 9,5 x 6,5 cm
(Wear)