A full-length priest’s vestry, a long, vest-like cloak, magnificently embroidered front and back on red velvet. French, ca. 1700.
The Archbishop’s or Bishop’s ring is of gold with a Byzantine cross carved on the underside of the amethyst. 17th century.
The large and elaborate silver cross dates from the early 1700s and is French, though it was sent to colonial southwest America. . Many important ecclesiastical objects were hidden for years, or sent out of country, to keep them from falling into enemy hands.
