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Ludwig Schneider belonged to the most prolific of the Catholic goldsmiths in the period around 1700 and he produced a large number of pieces, particularly of ecclesiastical silver.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Church plate, Continental\n\nto Ciborium; Church plate, Continental","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"CIBORIUM\r\nSilver, parcel-gilt\r\nAugsburg, Germany, 1696-1705\r\nMark of Ludwig Schneider\r\nThe ciborium was used for distributing the consecrated host during the Roman Catholic mass. This one is inscribed on the stem IHS (for Iesus Hominum Salvator, \"Jesus, Saviour of mankind\").  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