RARE 19th C 1846-78 Italy Roman Catholic Brass Alms Offering Bowl, Pope Pius IX pottery Condition: Items are in great

Condition: Items are in great age related condition

The third medallion of the smaller faces has been dented inward

the gilding is tarnished and foxed

Carnegie 1964

Roselle Park NJ" This was manufactured around the 1930s-1940s Orange and cream thimble "Axia Federal Savings & Loan

RARE 19th C 1846-78 Italy Roman Catholic Brass Alms Offering Bowl, Pope Pius IX pottery Condition: Items are in greatRARE 19th c 1846 1878 Italian Roman Catholic Brass Alms Offering Bowl, Pope Pius IX We are offering A very rare Roman Catholic alms offering dish hand made of thick, brass with copper and brass applied medallions made in Italy. For giving alms (money or goods offered freely to the poor) is one of the pillars of Lent and an ancient practice in the Church. Traditionally this bowl would be passed around in church asking for said 'Alms". This heavy brass