{"product_id":"vintage-bronze-open-end-crucifix","title":"Vintage Bronze Open End Crucifix","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Vintage Bronze Open End Crucifix takes its character from its terminals. Each side arm ends in an open pierced loop rather than a solid tip, the foot repeats the same open point, and light passes through the cross at four places. A fanned leaf crest spreads above the corpus, and the figure itself is slender and quietly modelled.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpenwork of this sort was a favourite device of European rosary makers, who wanted a cross with presence but not with weight, and who understood that a pierced cross keeps something of the light behind it. There is no lettering on the piece. Worn on its own it reads as a delicate cross rather than a heavy one, and at the end of a five-decade rosary it finishes the strand without pulling the whole thing out of proportion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe open end 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":48943428075705,"sku":"3c3-798-B","price":13.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0647\/9177\/3369\/files\/3c3-798-B.png?v=1787688708","url":"https:\/\/catholicshop.com\/products\/vintage-bronze-open-end-crucifix","provider":"CatholicShop.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}