Date: Circa 1220-1230
Production place: Limoges
Materials and technics: Engraved and gilded repoussé copper, plaques of champlevé, enamelled and gilded copper, glass cabochons
Dimensions: H. 30 x w. 14 x d. 6 cm and H. 30 x w. 15 x d. 6,5 cm
Inventory numbers: ODUT1239(1) and (2)
Acquisition details: Dutuit bequest, 1902
Room: 35
These plaques (the Petit Palais has two of the six surviving plaques), decorated with a low relief figuring the apostles Paul and Thomas, probably come from the abbey of Grandmont (Haute-Vienne) where they were parts of the decoration of the high altar.
The exceptional technical and aesthetic quality of these pieces illustrate the skill in working champlevé enamelled copper acquired by the craftsmen of Limoges in the 13th century.
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