Early Spoons, Silver and Collectors' Items - 26th January 2005
Lot 681
The `Cowley Portable Alter'
Estimate £80 - £120 | Hammer £190
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Description
The `Cowley Portable Alter' , a carved oak travelling alter folding into a locking box, containing a small chalice and paten, London 1896,a small wafer box, Birmingham 1900, a continental reliquary with English import marks for 1901 and other trappings for administering to the sick and dying, complete with key, the box 18in (46cm) wide.
