CHASSE-RELIQUAIRE DE SAINT ANTHELME

A wooden chasse-reliquaire in funerary form, featuring a cross and an old glass panel. It contains a relic of Saint Anthelme de Belley, a 12th-century Carthusian bishop, wrapped in ancient liturgical fabric. The chasse-reliquaire mimics medieval tomb architecture with a wide base, sloping sides, and a cross at the top, resembling 19th-century domestic altars.

• The description claims that the chasse-reliquaire contains a relic authenticated in 1866 and is sealed by a perfectly intact ecclesiastical wax seal.