{"product_id":"vintage-bronze-small-pierced-cross-18th-c-latin-american","title":"Vintage Bronze Small Pierced Cross, 18th C Latin American","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Vintage Bronze Small Pierced Cross is made almost entirely of openings. Round piercings are punched in threes at the head and at each arm, a pointed lozenge opens at the crossing, and one more round opening sits in the flared foot, leaving very little solid metal behind. The edges wander a little, as they do on a cross cut by hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCrosses of this type came out of the colonial workshops of eighteenth-century Latin America, where they were cut and pierced one at a time rather than struck from dies, and no two were ever quite alike. There is no corpus and no lettering here; the shape alone does the work, as it did for the first Christians who scratched it on walls. At seven eighths of an inch it is a modest everyday cross, small enough for a child and quiet enough to wear under a shirt.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\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":48943434301625,"sku":"3c3-769-B","price":8.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0647\/9177\/3369\/files\/3c3-769-B.png?v=1787688712","url":"https:\/\/catholicshop.com\/products\/vintage-bronze-small-pierced-cross-18th-c-latin-american","provider":"CatholicShop.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}