Magnificent silver sun monstrance chiseled and engraved with vegetal decoration. Punches de Naples and the ...

Magnificent silver sun monstrance chiseled and engraved with vegetal decoration. Punches de Naples and the goldsmith P. Sisino, around 1824-1832. Top with rays framing the manly case surrounded by red and green crystal stones. Mast with ball on which the angels stand and the burning heart that they hold, made of brass. Allegories of Faith and Hope at the base. 76 x 33 x 16 cm. Weight: 3,360 grs. The typology of the sun monstrance replaces the old portable monstrance monstrance at the beginning of the 17th century. Both models have coexisted since the end of the 16th century, when that of the sun was born, and finally that of the temple will disappear around 1630. The monstrance of the sun will soon spread throughout the Christian sphere and to this day it will be the most used.