Amazing, Antique, angel sitting on a cotton cloud

Amazing, Antique, angel sitting on a cotton cloud with a sacred heart in his hand, all in a teak glass with a gilded wooden base.

Italy, late 19th century

Size 13 cm diameter x 21 cm High

The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus ( Cor Jesu Sacratissimum ) is one of the most widely practised and well-known Catholic devotions, wherein the heart of Jesus Christi is viewed as a symbol of "God's boundless and passionate love for mankind". This devotion to Christ is predominantly used in the Catholic Church , followed by high church Anglicans, and some Western rite Orthodox. In the Latin Church, the liturgical Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus is celebrated the third Friday after Pentecost.