Auction 15
By Art La Rosa - Casa d'Aste
Nov 29, 2020
Viale Africa, 12 - 95129 Catania, Italy

Asta di sala - Asta live - Inizio

29 11 2020 15:00 CET

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LOT 770:

Group of n.10 broaches for invoices and Black Magic. - In silver. France. 1700.
Description: This is a ...

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Group of n.10 broaches for invoices and Black Magic. - In silver. France. 1700.
Description: This is a group of n. 10 beautiful silver broaches used to operate the "bills" during black magic rituals.
The broaches are of different sizes. Three circular eye, seven oval eye. The body, rather long, in part contiguous to the eye has decorative carvings. The terminal part is smooth. The tips are slightly rounded.
Almost all have broaches punching silver caliber on the eye or on the smooth part of the body.
Provenance France.
Date: 1700.
Size: different lengths: cm. 7 cm. 4.5
Notes: This is the Broaches that were used during the black magic rituals to operate the "invoices." They were put through the empty spaces of the plate that had previously been hanging on the neck of the doll that represented the person to be hit precisely with "bills."
They are extremely rare specimens, made in a very elegant and of great value.

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