{"product_id":"vintage-bronze-latin-american-openwork-crucifix-1002","title":"Vintage Bronze Latin American Openwork Crucifix","description":"\u003cp\u003eA tall, slender crucifix with a great deal of life in its ornament. The arms end in clusters of beads, a scrolled crest rises above the head of Christ, and at the crossing the metal opens into pierced scrollwork that spreads behind the corpus like a wreath. The lower shaft carries beading and a raised vine, narrowing to a small beaded fan at the foot.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe style belongs to the folk silverwork of Latin America, where crosses like this were made in quantity for household altars and for wear, often by the same hands that made a village's everyday jewelry. The vine climbing the shaft is the vine of the gospel, \u003cem\u003eI am the vine, you are the branches\u003c\/em\u003e, and the wreath of scrollwork behind the corpus turns the cross into something flowering rather than bare. The nineteenth-century original carries light wear on the high points of its ornament, and that wear comes through faithfully in every casting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Latin American openwork 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":48943651127481,"sku":"3c3-1002-B","price":39.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0647\/9177\/3369\/files\/3c3-1002-B.png?v=1787688783","url":"https:\/\/catholicshop.com\/products\/vintage-bronze-latin-american-openwork-crucifix-1002","provider":"CatholicShop.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}