St Bernadette of Lourdes, Enamel Plaque Set Onto Carved Oak Base, Late 19th Century, 15 x 18 x 2 cm, Lovely Condition
St Bernadette of Lourdes, Enamel Plaque Set Onto Carved Oak Base, Late 19th Century, 15 x 18 x 2 cm, Lovely Condition
St Bernadette of Lourdes, Enamel Plaque Set Onto Carved Oak Base, Late 19th Century, 15 x 18 x 2 cm, Lovely Condition
St Bernadette of Lourdes, Enamel Plaque Set Onto Carved Oak Base, Late 19th Century, 15 x 18 x 2 cm, Lovely Condition
St Bernadette of Lourdes, Enamel Plaque Set Onto Carved Oak Base, Late 19th Century, 15 x 18 x 2 cm, Lovely Condition
St Bernadette of Lourdes, Enamel Plaque Set Onto Carved Oak Base, Late 19th Century, 15 x 18 x 2 cm, Lovely Condition
St Bernadette of Lourdes, Enamel Plaque Set Onto Carved Oak Base, Late 19th Century, 15 x 18 x 2 cm, Lovely Condition
St Bernadette of Lourdes, Enamel Plaque Set Onto Carved Oak Base, Late 19th Century, 15 x 18 x 2 cm, Lovely Condition
St Bernadette of Lourdes, Enamel Plaque Set Onto Carved Oak Base, Late 19th Century, 15 x 18 x 2 cm, Lovely Condition

St Bernadette of Lourdes, Enamel Plaque Set Onto Carved Oak Base, Late 19th Century, 15 x 18 x 2 cm, Lovely Condition

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St Bernadette of Lourdes, Enamel Plaque Set Onto Carved Oak Base, Late 19th Century, 15 x 18 x 2 cm, Lovely Condition

A really beautiful enamel plaque of Saint Bernadette which is still in excellent condition as all the enamels made in France during this period are, they will never age.

It would have been a souvenir of a trip to the tomb of St Bernadette at Nvers near Lourdes by a pilgrim at the latter part of the 19th century.

This plaque was produced by the Atelier St Joseph at Lourdes and is a limited series protected by copyright.

Saint Bernadette of Lourdes, was the firstborn daughter of a miller from Lourdes (Lorda in Occitan), in the department of Hautes-Pyrénées in France, and is best known for experiencing Marian apparitions of a "young lady" who asked for a chapel to be built at the nearby cave-grotto at Massabielle. These apparitions occurred between 11 February and 16 July 1858, and the woman who appeared to her identified herself as the "Immaculate Conception."

After a canonical investigation, Soubirous's reports were eventually declared "worthy of belief" on 18 February, 1862, and the Marian apparition became known as Our Lady of Lourdes. Since her death, Soubirous's body has remained internally incorrupt. The Marian shrine at Lourdes went on to become a major pilgrimage site, attracting over five million pilgrims of all denominations each year.

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