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Liturgical implements, 17-18th cs., Sines

2006 Conservation and Restoration
Goldsmithery

Conservation and restoration of a set of liturgical implements (17th and 18th cs.) from the collection of the Church of Nossa Senhora das Salas* in Sines (Alentejo). The works were carried out in 2003 and 2006.

  • Gilded silver reliquary shaped as a monstrance (18th c.)
  • Gilded silver monstrance (18th c.)
  • Gilded silver chalice with paten (17th c.)
  • Gilded silver and silver chalice (18th c.)
  • Monstrance and reliquary in gilded silver (18th c.)
  • Two Ag crowns and one in Au with stones (18th c.)
  • Hand-bell in copper alloy, iron and silver (18th c.)
  • Silver Eucharist coffer (18th c.)

* The Church of Our Lady of Salas was a place where the fish was salted, a local industry from the Roman Period. From the former Salgas derives the place name Salas, in spite of the popular variant Salvas, due o a presumed miracle, attributed to Lady Bataça.

Acknowledgements Diocese of Beja ~ Portuguese ex-Institute of Architectural Heritage.

Reliquary, before the intervention.
Reliquary, after the intervention.
Reliquary, before the intervention.
Reliquary, after the intervention.
Detail of the monstrance, before the intervention.
Detail of the monstrance, after the intervention.
Detail of the monstrance, before the intervention.
Detail of the monstrance, after the intervention.
Monstrance, during the intervention.
Monstrance, after the intervention.
Crown, before the intervention.
Crown, after the intervention.
Crown, before the intervention.
Crown, after the intervention.
Crown, before the intervention.
Crown, after the intervention.
Chalice, before the intervention.
Chalice and paten, after the intervention.