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

2020 Conservation and Restoration

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)

Monstrance resplendence, before the intervention.
Monstrance resplendence, after the intervention.
Monstrance bottom, before the intervention.
Monstrance bottom, after the intervention.
Monstrance, before the intervention (front and back).
Monstrance, after the intervention (front and back).
Resplendence, before the intervention.
Resplendence, after the intervention.
Two resplendences, before the intervention.
Two resplendences, after the intervention.
Image attribute (Santa Luzia), before the intervention.
Image attribute (Santa Luzia), after the intervention.
Crosier terminal, before the intervention.
Crosier terminal, after the intervention.
Pair of earrings, before the intervention.
Pair of earrings, after the intervention.
Two palms, before the intervention.
Two palms, after the intervention.
Sconces, before the intervention.
Sconces, after the intervention.