Shell carving
Category
Natural History / Animals, Plants & Fossils
Date
Unknown
Materials
Mother-of-pearl [pinctada maxima]
Measurements
182 mm (Length); 163 mm (Diameter)
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1339740
Summary
Mother-of-pearl carved shell, pierced foliate decoration and panel showing The Last Supper. Inscription in medallion below table: 'LA CENA'.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.