1920s Religious Missel (Limoges) Vintage

1920s Religious Missel (Limoges) VintageFrench devotional missal Missel de la Sainte Communion Limoges; J Depelley & Cie 1920 printed in 1931 Missal of Holy Communion; containing the Sundy Gospels with the prayers of Communion Warm caramel full leather with blind tooled scrolling vine and foliate motifs forming a diagonal panel design on the front board Gilt accents decorate the upper and lower corners delicate touch reminiscent of Art Nouveau ecclesiastical bindings from the early 20th c

au Saint Esprit

Materials: Paper

or owner of the collection

The case opens to a fitted interior lined in rich red silk velvet

likely added in the late 19th or early 20th century

embossed paper seal watermark

repeating scroll and laurel motfis around the band

likely representing the initials of the original owner

Gilded Foreedge (All gilt Edges)

now sewn together vertically

Handpainted porcelain plaque

rigid cover with softly rounded boards and a sculpted shield-shaped cartouche applied to the front cover