Antique Lourdes Jewelry Box
Antique Lourdes Jewelry Box
$250.00
Discovered in France, this charming Antique Lourdes Jewelry Box is a poignant souvenir of one of the world's most celebrated pilgrimage destinations. Raised upon delicate feet and fitted with beveled glass panels, the diminutive casket is crowned with a printed view of the famed Grotto of Massabielle, the sacred site associated with the Marian apparitions witnessed by Saint Bernadette in 1858.
Following reports of miraculous healings connected to the spring that emerged at the grotto, Lourdes quickly became one of the most important Catholic pilgrimage destinations in the world. For generations, visitors journeyed there seeking spiritual renewal, healing, and comfort, often returning home with cherished mementos commemorating their travels and devotion.
Richly evocative of that tradition, this lovely box combines sentiment and craftsmanship in equal measure. Its warm gilt-metal framework encloses glass panels that reveal the original silk lining within, creating a wonderful sense of age and authenticity. Intended to safeguard treasured keepsakes, jewelry, devotional items, or letters, it remains a touching reminder of faith, hope, and remembrance.
A charming survivor from a bygone era of travel, pilgrimage, and personal devotion, this delightful box continues to tell its story more than a century after it was first carried home from Lourdes.
Strictly one-of-a-kind and subject to prior sale. In very good antique condition. 2 3/4"L x 2 1/2" W x 2 5/8"H.
Learn More About Lourdes
A small town in the Hautes-Pyrénées region in southwest France, Lourdes is the largest Catholic pilgrimage destination in France and home to some of the most popular Catholic shrines in the world. Nearly 500 miles south of Paris in the foothills of the Pyrenees mountains, the small town of only 17,000 inhabitants receives more than 5 million pilgrims and tourists each year thanks to visions of the Virgin Mary reported by a young girl named Bernadette in 1858.
The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes incorporates nearly 130 acres of property with 22 places of worship, including a sacred grotto, two basilicas, and a variety of buildings for pilgrims and the sick. Outside the sanctuary, many pilgrims also visit the home of the young visionary, St. Bernadette.
