RARE 19th C 1846-78 Italy Roman Catholic Brass Alms Offering Bowl, Pope Pius IX home & garden Dimensions: 3 3/4" long

Dimensions:  3 3/4" long

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RARE 19th C 1846-78 Italy Roman Catholic Brass Alms Offering Bowl, Pope Pius IX home & garden Dimensions: 3 3/4" longRARE 19th c 1846 1878 Italian Roman Catholic Brass Alms Offering Bowl, Pope Pius IX We are offering A very rare Roman Catholic alms offering dish hand made of thick, brass with copper and brass applied medallions made in Italy. For giving alms (money or goods offered freely to the poor) is one of the pillars of Lent and an ancient practice in the Church. Traditionally this bowl would be passed around in church asking for said 'Alms". This heavy brass