Pottery / sherd

Panel, possibly a chalice veil, of white linen embroidered in dark brown silk (black work) and gold thread with two birds, probably a phoenix and an ostrich, a carnation and a pomegranate: English, 1550 - 1600

Chalice veil with broad border of floral scrolls in cut work: Italian, c. 1640

Chalice veil of red silk damask woven with a pattern of interlacing stems forming lozenge-shaped compartments, each filled with a leaf, with an applied heart-shaped piece of crimson satin in centre embroidered with the sacred monogram and surrounded by floral scrollwork: probably Italian, the damask late 16th to early 17th century, the embroidery late 17th century