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The chalice of Archbishop Popiel
Description
Repeatedly remade, Gothic form. Mesh enamel. Openwork lace on the base. Dedication inscription: Wincenty Popiel, the Metropolitan Archbishop of Warsaw, as a proof of love to his first bride, the bishopric of Płock, this chalice in which he held the Holy Sacrifice for 23 years of the bishopric, he offered as a sacrificed to the Church of St. Zygmunt in 1880.