Golden Ex-voto - Votive Offering - Sacred Art - Religious Art by Boncoeurs

An ex-voto (from the Latin ex voto suscepto, “according to the vow made”) is an offering made to a deity or saint in gratitude for a favor received or in request of protection. This offering can take many forms.

These offerings in the form of objects can take many forms and be made from a variety of materials.

Model: Wings

Anatomical heart in ceramic

A creation by Artist Naouchka

All hearts are different

Unique piece

Decayed book notebook of Merci Louis manufacturer - Fleur de Lys model

Entirely handmade in cotton paper with irregular edges, all pages are aged and yellowed

Blank notebook

Bundle of 100 stamps tied with string

Red 10 centimes stamp of the Semeuse type

Issued from 1903 to the end of the 1930s

Double skeleton 

Sculpture on deer antlers 

Unique piece

Salvo Little Head by Patrizia Italiano – Octopus – Handmade white ceramic from Sicily – Plant pot – Vase

Handmade white ceramic from Sicily

Patrizia Italiano is a renowned Italian artist and ceramist, whose work is a true celebration of Sicily, her homeland and her main source of inspiration. Patrizia Italiano lives in Sicily, Italy, between Palermo and Filicudi, one of the Aeolian Islands.

She draws her inspiration from Sicilian landscapes, its history and its people. She is famous for her anthropomorphic vases, the famous Sicilian Moor’s Heads, which she reinterprets with great humour and a modern twist, giving them the names of Sicilian merchants.

Here we have Salvo, the octopus seller.

High-temperature glazed art ceramic, very sturdy and with colours that will not fade.

They are all differents!

Brass Chimera or Dragon Candleholder

Period: Mid-20th century, inspired by Renaissance decorative motifs.

Sold without a candle and individually

4-leaf clover - Four-leaf clover

Clover Stone

Botanical inclusion of Trifolia repens

Grown in France

Artist's sketchbook - Leather binding by Maison Merci Louis

Dimensions: 26.5x38.5cm - 48 pages

Blank pages

Photo album - Herbarium

Notebook – Order book from the Berthier Pharmacy in Paris

Writing on the first four pages only; the rest is blank

An antique absinthe topette (decanter)

6 Beaded Topette

Residue in the bottom of the carafe

Metal palmistry hand - Divination

Metal hands engraved in French for the art of palmistry

Ex-Voto heart in clay by Cuore di Argilla - Zodiac

Italy crafts

A contemporary reinterpretation of the traditional ex-voto, originally a votive offering made to a god in request of a grace or in thanks for a grace obtained after a vow.

There remains Sagittarius

Book of secrets - Storage box from Maison Merci Louis

A trompe-l'œil book with interior hiding place

Reissue - XXL Herbalist Jar - Pharmacy Jar

Dr Potain vacuum cleaner in its case

Late 19th century - 1885-1894

Antique medical instrument from manufacturer MATHIEU in Paris

non-functional