Tondo, semi-relief depicting the Blessed Virgin bearing an open book with the inscription "Et Verbum caro factum est".

Meerschaum, Ø ± 12 cm (very sm. missing on an ornament on top of the border).

Old black lacquered wooden frame with inner ring in golden brass and glass. Nice condition.

Delicately detailed allegoric scene with Gothic architectural background. The central figure is accompanied, on his right, by a representation of Mary with the Infant Jesus and John the Baptist, and on his left by an adolescent Jesus praying while leaning on a cross.