Small travel oratory - St. Francis - Wood and bone. - 1800-1850 - Portable oratory

Small travel shrine in wood decorated with the figure of Saint Francis inset inside. The saint is depicted in a friar's habit in contemplation of mortality (vanitas) while holding in his hand a skull and a cross, accompanied by two lambs at his feet. Two doors close the piece; the saint, the lambs, and the two columns are in carved bone. It measures 13 x 3 x 20 cm open, 13 x 3 x 10 cm closed. Due to current regulations, it cannot be shipped outside the European Union.