I need help with a picture from the museum

[benealing]

Hello. My name is Ben. My wife and I went on our Camino from September 6-September 12. We walked the coastal Portuguese starting in Baiona. Thank you for any help you can provide. We took these photos in a stairwell in the Cathedral Museum. I did not see any information about them. I also cannot find anything on Google. I was hoping someone could tell me about these? Year created/displayed, who created them, what are they made out of (bronze?) etc. I found them to be really amazing to look at and want to know more about them. Thank you for your time and help. Buen Camino!

Ben

 

[Bradypus]

Not an expert but they look like gilded wood to me. The gold coating has peeled quite badly from one of them.

 

[natefaith]

Thank you for any help you can provide. We took these photos in a stairwell in the Cathedral Museum. I did not see any information about them. I also cannot find anything on Google. I was hoping someone could tell me about these? Year created/displayed, who created them, what are they made out of (bronze?) etc. I found them to be really amazing to look at and want to know more about them. Thank you for your time and help. Buen Camino!

Welcome to the Forum, Ben! It's a good place to ask...let's see what folks have to say.

 

[Walter James Palmer]

Not an expert but they look like gilded wood to me. The gold coating has peeled quite badly from one of them.

I agree. Looks like gilded wood to me as well.

 

[Keith H]

With the level of knowledge by the folks in here I suspect an answer is forthcoming!

 

[Gerard Murdoch]

Not to sure, but it looks like the remnants of a gilded mirror, adapted by placing the sword of St James in the centre.