{"product_id":"vintage-bronze-delicate-openwork-crucifix-1-3-8-inch","title":"Vintage Bronze Delicate Openwork Crucifix, 1 3\/8 inch","description":"\u003cp\u003eNearly every part of the Vintage Bronze Delicate Openwork Crucifix is cut away. Fleur-de-lis terminals, trefoil piercings and a ground of fine scrollwork leave the cross reading as tracery, and the corpus set upon it is correspondingly small and delicately modelled. The same tracery repeats on the reverse without a figure, closing on a rosette at the crossing, so the piece is finished on both faces.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWork this fine was slow and skilled, and it survives far less often than heavier casting does, which is a good part of why the original was worth taking a mould from. The tracery is not only decoration: piercing the ground was how a devotional workshop let light into a cross, so the piece changes as it moves and never reads as a solid block of metal. The fleur-de-lis at the arm ends is a Marian sign, the lily of purity carried into the shape of the cross itself, and the thin sections come up a little differently on every casting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe openwork crucifix was faithfully reproduced from an antique original and cast in the USA using a traditional fine-detail casting process that preserves its 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":48943441739961,"sku":"3c3-700-B","price":9.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0647\/9177\/3369\/files\/3c3-700-B.png?v=1787688714","url":"https:\/\/catholicshop.com\/products\/vintage-bronze-delicate-openwork-crucifix-1-3-8-inch","provider":"CatholicShop.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}