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Vintage Bronze Heart Cross, Latin American Folk Style
SKU: 3c3-455-B
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The Vintage Bronze Heart Cross, Latin American Folk Style reduces everything to a few bold shapes. A raised heart, open at its center, sits at the crossing, and above it a folded ribbon-like form spreads across both arms and falls away in ridged folds. The shaft below is left plain and squared. That economy is the particular beauty of folk devotional work.
The antique original comes out of Latin America, where devotional metal was made by hand and for households rather than by academies for churches, and meaning was carried by silhouette alone. The heart at the crossing is the oldest sign in that vocabulary: love answering the cross. It can be read as the Sacred Heart of Jesus offered from the cross itself, or as the giving of one's own heart in return, and the piece is deliberately open enough to be read either way by whoever wears it.
The cross was faithfully reproduced from an antique original and cast in the USA using a traditional fine-detail casting process that preserves its vintage character.
- Made in the USA
- Artisan-cast from an antique original
- Finished by hand, so every piece is subtly unique.
- Buy the medal alone, or add an optional chain or cord necklace
- Add a cord or chain to have it arrive assembled and ready to wear
- Arrives in a deluxe velour jewelry box
Product Details
The Vintage Bronze Heart Cross, Latin American Folk Style reduces everything to a few bold shapes. A raised heart, open at its center, sits at the crossing, and above it a folded ribbon-like form spreads across both arms and falls away in ridged folds. The shaft below is left plain and squared. That economy is the particular beauty of folk devotional work.
The antique original comes out of Latin America, where devotional metal was made by hand and for households rather than by academies for churches, and meaning was carried by silhouette alone. The heart at the crossing is the oldest sign in that vocabulary: love answering the cross. It can be read as the Sacred Heart of Jesus offered from the cross itself, or as the giving of one's own heart in return, and the piece is deliberately open enough to be read either way by whoever wears it.
The cross was faithfully reproduced from an antique original and cast in the USA using a traditional fine-detail casting process that preserves its vintage character.
- Made in the USA
- Artisan-cast from an antique original
- Finished by hand, so every piece is subtly unique.
- Buy the medal alone, or add an optional chain or cord necklace
- Add a cord or chain to have it arrive assembled and ready to wear
- Arrives in a deluxe velour jewelry box
