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162. Porcelain 'plaque. — Representing Mary in relief. Dated 

 1795. Height, 13 inches; width, 9% inches. Florence, Italy. (Cat. 

 No. 214722, U.S.N.M.) 



163. Porcelain 'plaque. — Painted with three figures — Mary, crowned, 

 and two women performing the devotion of the rosary before her. 

 Dated from the seventeenth century. Height, 9% inches; width, 

 10)^ inches. Italy. (Cat. No. 152242, U.S.N.M.) 



164. Silver medallion. — Representing, on one side, Mary with 

 the Infant Jesus; on the other a burning heart pierced by a sword, 

 alluding to Luke ii, 35. Set in silver filigree. Measurements, 1% by 

 \% inches. Italy. (Cat. No. 179056, U.S.N.M.) 



165. Miniature of Mary. — Painted on glass. Diameter, 2 and 

 1% inches. Spain. (Cat. No. 178859, U.S.N.M.) 



166. Madonna. — Statuette of wood, painted and gilded. Height, 

 12 inches. Latin America. (Cat. No. 317694, U.S.N.M.) 



167. Saint Joseph and the Injant Jesus. — Statuette of plaster, 

 painted and gilded. Height, 10 inches. Italy. (Cat. No. 329509, 

 U.S.N.M.) Bequest of Miss Catherine Walden Myer. 



168. Two processional banners. — Made of white metal. Embossed 

 on one side wdth the figure of Mary, holding in the right hand a 

 rosary, on the left arm the Infant Jesus; on the other side, with the 

 figure of St. Dominic, to whom the introduction of the rosary in its 

 present form is ascribed, holding a lily, which is his emblem. Prob- 

 ably used at the feast of the rosary, which is celebrated on the first 

 Sunday in October. Measurements, 10 by 7 inches. Italy. (Plate 

 19 (lower), Cat. No. 179070-071, U.S.N.M.) 



169. Silver medallion. — Representing, on one side, St. Peter; on 

 the other, St. Paul. Set in silver filigree. Diameter, 1% inches. 

 Italy. (Cat. No. 179057, U.S.N.M.) 



170. Mace of St. Sebastian. — Made of white metal, terminating 

 at the top in a statuette of the saint. St. Sebastian was, according 

 to tradition, a Roman soldier and Christian martyr, having been 

 shot to death about 288 A. D., by order of Diocletian. He is vener- 

 ated in the Catholic Church as patron of sharpshooters and pro- 

 tector from pestilence. He is usually represented as a fair youth 

 bound to a pillar or tree and riddled with arrows. The mace was 

 probably carried in procession on his festival, on January 20. Length, 

 2 feet 1 inch. Italy. (Cat. No. 179068, U.S.N.M.) 



171. St. Benedict. — Statuette of white metal. St. Benedict (about 

 480-543) was the founder of the Benedictine order, the first monastic 

 order established in the Occident, and its organization became the 

 model upon which all the monasteries of the Western Church were 

 formed. Height, 4 inches. Italy. (Cat. No. 329500 U.S.N.M.) 

 Bequest of Miss Catherine Walden Myer. 



