In Italy in the 1960's and 70's the church removed votives from church walls. This meant that while we lived there for two years in the early 1970's votives that had previously been blessed and hung on the church walls were taken down, and often sold. We are selling some of the duplicates from our collection. 
They have been stored safely for almost 50 years! 
We have not cleaned them on purpose so as to keep as much of the original look as possible. Some have holes where they were nailed to the wall and or prayer ribbons attached.Websters: a votive prayer: 1. consisting of or expressing a vow, wish, or desire 2. offered or performed in fulfillment of a vow or in gratitude or devotionSee our other Votive listings and other items we have discovered in our travels!