This richly ornamented pyxis was probably used to store consecrated hosts (reliqua sacramenti), which in the Catholic faith represent the body of Christ. The liturgical copper vessel with a gold-plated interior can be closed and was probably kept in the tabernacle of a church. A knob with a cross crowns the conical hinged lid. On the lid and the blue-enameled cylindrical wall, gilded two- and four-leaf vine motifs alternate with the same number of round medallions. The medallions depict gilded and engraved busts of angels against a turquoise enamel background and on stylized yellow, red, and green clouds.

Pyxides from Limoges were first mentioned in written sources around 1220. They were produced in large quantities there, as evidenced by the many surviving examples. They are usually decorated in a similar manner featuring vines, flowers, stars, and lilies (see inv. no. Mu.St.80) or the Christ monogram “IHS.” The comparatively rare figurative imagery, however, lends this pyx a certain value as a rarity.