Antique French Portable Travel Crucifix / Altar - Paris France 19th

Very charming antique French portable travel crucifix / altar. France - Paris 19th Very beautiful leather case decorated with a gold frame on the outside and inside. The leather has a very beautiful diamond-shaped pattern on the back, where the folding support is present and intact. Under the support, the label "A l'ange gardien - Pouget - Coulon & Roblon Paris" is still present and in very good condition. This label tells us the provenance of this beautiful travel reliquary. "A l'ange gardien" was a religious bookstore and objects of piety in the 19th century in Paris. The interior is covered with a gray silk and green velvet covering. The silk is slightly detached on the interior hinges. The folding doors close with a pretty brass pivot latch lock. The cross is made of wood and the Christ is made of bronze, the bronze scroll at the top of the cross reads INR I. INRI is the acronym for the Latin words "Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum", meaning "Jesus the Nazarene King of the Jews", whom Pilate had placed on the Cross.