Italian wax stamps? Says Vatican Museum on them

By horseheart, 9 October, 2012
Description

I found these at a yard sale and tried to find info by contacting people in Italy but I cant speak Italian so if any of you can help me it would be greatly appreciated.

Category
Fine Art
Distinguishing marks
Seems to be some sort of sculpture material
Size and dimensions of this item
approx 4x2x2
Date Period
unknown
Weight
Heavy
History
unknown
Price Paid (If known)
2.00
For Sale?
Yes
Photos

horseheart

12 years 1 month ago

Mystery solved thanks to the research department at Harvard University! Seems according to this email that they did come from the Vatican Museum originally.

 

Dear Ms. Wimer:

According to our art curatorial staff:

These are two identical souvenir plasticine reliefs made in unlimited numbers by the Vatican museums and sold in tourist shops world-wide.  These two somehow made it to a souvenir shop in Venice.

They may depict Peter's Miracle of the fish , or Charon's boat, or the Navicella, but they look like they come from an early-Christian source—the original likely being at the Vatican museums.

Sincerely,

Susan von Salis

Harvard Art Museums Archives

 

Anyone have a free appraisal they can give me?

 

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