Many of our Maltese churches are adorned with beautiful artefacts, from statues to altars, from candle-stands to ornate vestments, from chalices to monstrances. Then there are the altar fronts, made of solid silver. This particular one is from the Zabbar church museum, which is probably used for the annual Our Lady of Grace feast in mid-September, and then displayed in the parish museum the rest of the year. These works of art and silversmiths are probably 200 to 500 years old, and are displayed in front of the main altar. The ornamentation is truly remarkable, and they were made probably from the silver which parishioners donated over the years, their treasured necklaces, earrings, jugs and bowls and other silver items they had at home.
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