{"product_id":"vintage-bronze-budded-cross-with-circle-center","title":"Vintage Bronze Budded Cross with Circle Center","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Vintage Bronze Budded Cross is a cross of the late medieval kind, carried for its own sake rather than for a figure upon it. The four arms swell as they travel outward and finish in lobed terminals cut with deep grooves, and a raised faceted boss holds the crossing like a stone in a setting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCrosses of this shape were worn across fifteenth-century Europe, in the centuries when the cross itself was the sign a Christian carried. Without a corpus, the emphasis falls where the medieval mind put it: on the wood of the Passion understood as the tree of life, a sign of victory rather than of defeat. Nothing is lettered and nothing is added, which is why a design this old still reads clearly and still looks like nothing else being made today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe budded cross was faithfully reproduced from an antique original and cast in the USA using a traditional fine-detail casting process that preserves the piece's vintage character.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMade in the USA\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArtisan-cast from an antique original\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFinished by hand, so every piece is subtly unique.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuy the medal alone, or add an optional chain or cord necklace\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdd a cord or chain to have it arrive assembled and ready to wear\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArrives in a deluxe velour jewelry box\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Equatoria","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48943442395321,"sku":"3c3-670-B","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0647\/9177\/3369\/files\/3c3-670-B.png?v=1787688714","url":"https:\/\/catholicshop.com\/products\/vintage-bronze-budded-cross-with-circle-center","provider":"CatholicShop.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}