{"product_id":"vintage-bronze-thistle-flower-crucifix","title":"Vintage Bronze Thistle Flower Crucifix","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Vintage Bronze Thistle Flower Crucifix is given over to flowers. Each arm widens into a flat panel filled with a round, many-petalled bloom and its leaves, a larger flower opens like a rosette directly behind the head of the corpus at the crossing, and a smaller one is set into the shaft below the feet. The figure of Christ is slender and quiet against all that ornament.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFlowering crosses were common in nineteenth-century European work, and the thistle carried a meaning of its own within them: its thorns stood for the crown and the Passion, its bloom for what the Passion produced. Setting the two on one object says the whole thing at once, that the suffering was real and that it flowered. The petals are cut deep enough to hold shadow, so the ornament stays legible even against the modelling of the figure at the center.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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":48943406317753,"sku":"3c3-853-B","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0647\/9177\/3369\/files\/3c3-853-B.png?v=1787688703","url":"https:\/\/catholicshop.com\/products\/vintage-bronze-thistle-flower-crucifix","provider":"CatholicShop.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}