Jewelry from the Hall Convent in Tyrol
The MAK collection contains two pearl-encrusted crowns intended for communion
wafer cups, so-called ciboria, that were once much more richly decorated. The apertures visible today used to be filled with an abundance of rosettes formed of gold and precious jewels, some of which had originally adorned the bridal dress of the Archduchess Maria Christierna (1574–1621). A full-length portrait of this daughter of Charles II, Archduke of Inner Austria, shows the dress thus bejeweled.