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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 361975, member: 2844&quot;]It is an intriguing box. The style is of the early Middle Ages, but it was made much later. My guess is 19th century, during the German &#039;Historismus&#039;, or Historic Revival.</p><p>It could have had an ecclesiastical purpose, but it is not a reliquary. A reliquary has a different shape.</p><p>Maybe for storing hosts or for the stole that is worn during mass?</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a Karolingian reliquary, 9th-10th century, this is roughly the period style your box was made to resemble. But this one is genuinely of the period:</p><p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Cividale%2C_museo_cristiano%2C_capsella_per_reliquie%2C_lamina_d%27argento_sbalzata%2C_fine_IX-inizio_X_secolo.JPG/770px-Cividale%2C_museo_cristiano%2C_capsella_per_reliquie%2C_lamina_d%27argento_sbalzata%2C_fine_IX-inizio_X_secolo.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The Romanesque st Servatius reliquary, ca 1165:</p><p><img src="https://s14-eu5.startpage.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=https%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2Fthumb%2F8%2F8c%2FArca_di_san_servazio%252C_legno%252C_rame_dorato%252C_pietre_preziose%252C_gemme_e_smalti%252C_1160_ca._01.jpg%2F1200px-Arca_di_san_servazio%252C_legno%252C_rame_dorato%252C_pietre_preziose%252C_gemme_e_smalti%252C_1160_ca._01.jpg&amp;sp=9319cd403f9cb60f66dad7986aa35ae8" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>It is still carried in procession every seven years in a town not too far from me, along with other church treasures:</p><p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/91/Noodkist_Heiligdomsvaart2011.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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