ALTARPIECE

Description: BRASS PLAQUE IS THREE PANEL PLAQUE WITH ORNATE BRASS CROSS AT TOP CENTER. EACH PANEL IS SEMI-CIRCLE ARCH SHAPE WITH CLEAR GLASS PANE AND ORNATE PRINTS. PRINTS ARE OF COMMUNION LITURGY IN LATIN WITH CENTER PANEL HAVING CRUCIFIXION SCENE. FRAME HAS RAISED CLOVER AND DIAMOND PATTERN ALONG BOTTOM AND SIDES. RAISED FLEUR-DE-LIS IS IN BOTTOM CORNERS. UPPER JOINT OF PANELS ALSO HAS ORNATE SCROLL WORK. SEMI-CIRCLE TOPS HAVE CROW SPIRE EDGING, EACH SCROLL AND LEAF WORK. CROSS ON TOP HAS CLOVER ENDS AND RAISED SCROLL WORK WITH FLOWER AT CENTER OF CROSS. BACKS OF EACH PANEL ARE COTTON COVERED WOOD. BACKS ARE HELD IN FRAME BY STEEL CROSS BAR AT BACK WHICH IS SCREWED TO SIDES OF PLAQUE. PRINTS HAVE COLORFUL FLOWER AND SCROLL WORK BORDERS AND LATIN LITURGY IN RED AND BLACK PRINT. SOME CAPITAL LETTERS ARE LARGE AND ORNATE.

History: PLAQUE WAS USED IN THE CHAPEL AT ST. MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL AND WAS REMOVED IN 1996 BEFORE THE HOSPITAL WAS DEMOLISHED. FOR MORE HISTORY ON HOSPITAL SEE P19960116001-GA.