PLAQUE
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- SAINT'S PRAYER PLAQUE
- Date Range From
- 1970
- Date Range To
- 1980
- Materials
- WOOD, BRASS
- Catalogue Number
- P19960116099
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- SAINT'S PRAYER PLAQUE
- Date Range From
- 1970
- Date Range To
- 1980
- Materials
- WOOD, BRASS
- No. Pieces
- 2
- Height
- 2.3
- Length
- 15.5
- Width
- 10.7
- Description
- RECTANGULAR WOOD PLAQUE WITH MEDIUM FINISH AND BEVELED EDGES HAS CIRCULAR MEDALLION AT TOP AND SQUARE BRASS PLAQUE WITH PRAYER AT BOTTOM. MEDALLION IS MADE OF BRASS AND HAS RAISED RELIEF OF PRIEST HOLDING A CROSS IN HIS ARMS WITH HALO AROUND HIS HEAD. HIS RIGHT HAND IS OVER HIS BREAST. IN BOTTOM RIGHT IS CORNER OF TABLE OR ALTAR THAT HAS SKULL AND FLOWER TIED IN A CORD. ALONG EDGE BESIDE PRIEST IS "ITALY" AND A SMALL SHIELD WITH "ESM" IN IT. BRASS PLAQUE HAS BLACK PRINTING AND IS A PRAYER TO ST. GERARD FOR HELP TO BE A GOOD PARENT. PRINTING IS WORN AND PLAQUE HAS MANY SCRATCHES.
- Subjects
- PERSONAL SYMBOL
- Historical Association
- HEALTH SERVICES
- RELIGION
- History
- PLAQUE WAS REMOVED FROM ST. MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL BEFORE THE HOSPITAL WAS DEMOLISHED IN 1996. FOR MORE HISTORY ON HOSPITAL SEE P19960116001-GA.
- Catalogue Number
- P19960116099
- Acquisition Date
- 1996-01
- Collection
- Museum
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