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Liturgical implements, 18th c. (?), Santa Clara Church

2020 Conservation and Restoration
Goldsmithery Sacred

Conservation and restoration of an ensemble of 18 objects from the Church of Santa Clara*, in the city of Porto, namely:

  • Five sconces,
  • Seven resplendences,
  • Two palms,
  • One monstrance,
  • An image attribute (Santa Luzia),
  • A pair of earrings,
  • One part of crosier

* A female convent church with religious, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque architecture, classified as National Monument (1910). One of the main Porto churches lined with gold, with carving. 


Acknowledgements Porto Restauro ~ Diocese of Porto ~ Northern Regional Directorate of Culture (DRCN)

Before (monstrance, resplendence)
After (monstrance, resplendence)
Before (monstrance, bottom)
After (monstrance, bottom)
Before (monstrance, front and back)
After (monstrance, front and back)
Before (resplendence)
After (resplendence)
Before (two resplendeces)
After (two resplendeces)
Before (image attribute, Santa Luzia)
After (image attribute, Santa Luzia)
Before (crosier terminal)
After (crosier terminal)
Before (pair of earrings)
After (pair of earrings)
Before (two palms)
After (two palms)
Before (sconces)
After (sconces)