Candlesticks (6) and cross altar set

Goldsmith “O/M.N.” (hallmark of a Lisbon’s non identified goldsmith; M.A. L-456)

Portugal, Lisbon

1750-1770

Silver

Light has always been associated with Christian liturgy. Besides its mostly functional purpose of illuminating the place of worship, light has always been linked to a symbolic and ritual dimension. The Old Testament, God instructs Moses to make a seven-branched candelabrum (the Jewish menorah). In a Christian perspective, the light represents Christ, and See more