{"product_id":"vintage-bronze-italian-angel-crucifix-18th-century-form","title":"Vintage Bronze Italian Angel Crucifix, 18th-Century Form","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Vintage Bronze Italian Angel Crucifix is tall and slender, with square-cut arms and a corpus modelled in fine detail beneath a small rayed halo. A raised plate above the crossbar carries the titulus, and below the figure the shaft swells into a pierced cartouche where two winged angels lean in on either side of a central shield.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe titulus reads \u003cstrong\u003eINRI\u003c\/strong\u003e, for \u003cem\u003eIesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum\u003c\/em\u003e, Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews. At the base of the cartouche sit the skull and crossbones, the memento mori that eighteenth-century Italian crucifixes so often placed at the foot of the Cross, recalling Adam's skull on Golgotha and the death that the Crucifixion undoes. It is a somber note beneath all that angel work, and it is what keeps a crucifix of this form serious three centuries on.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Italian Angel Crucifix was faithfully reproduced from an antique original and cast in the USA using a traditional fine-detail casting process that preserves the crucifix'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":48943466709177,"sku":"3c3-583-B","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0647\/9177\/3369\/files\/3c3-583-B.png?v=1787688721","url":"https:\/\/catholicshop.com\/products\/vintage-bronze-italian-angel-crucifix-18th-century-form","provider":"CatholicShop.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}