Object name: Display case
Artist: John A. Pearson
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Bromsgrove Guild Limited (Great Britain) |
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Robert Mitchell Company |
Date: 1928
Material: Bronze; enamel; glass; other metals
Dimensions: 78.5 x 137.5 x 8.5 cm
Catalogue no.: O-3340
Four kneeling angels and a ribbon encircling a laurel branch ornament the display case with the following biblical inscription: TAKE UNTO YOU THE WHOLE ARMOUR OF GOD THAT YE MAY BE ABLE TO WITHSTAND IN THE EVIL DAY AND HAVING DONE ALL TO STAND. (Ephesians 6:13)
To accompany this verse, tiny enamel shields with Latin inscriptions illustrate the emblems of the full armour of God as stated in Ephesians 6:14-17:
- Veritas : Stand therefore, having loins girt about the truth,
- Justitia : and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
- Pax : and your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
- Fides : above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked,
- Salus : and take the helmet of salvation,
- Spiritus : and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
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