Vintage Bronze Mexican Cross with Open Heart
Product Details
A slim folk cross with flat, tapering arms and a small open heart hanging point-downward below the shaft, cut clean through the metal. Cross and heart together are a constant of Mexican devotional work — the Passion and the love that moved it, said in two shapes without a word of explanation.
The two faces are worked differently. One is left plain, letting the light run along bare metal; the other is punched with rows of dots and short dashes down the arms, the marks a little uneven, made with a hand tool against the original model. That contrast between a quiet side and a decorated one is part of the character of the antique this piece comes from, and it is the sort of thing a village silversmith settled by eye rather than by rule. The pierced heart keeps the whole light and gives it a little movement.
The Mexican cross with open heart was faithfully reproduced from an antique original and cast in the USA using a traditional fine-detail casting process that preserves the cross's vintage character.
- Made in the USA
- Artisan-cast from an antique original
- Finished by hand, so every piece is subtly unique.
- Buy the medal alone, or add an optional chain or cord necklace
- Add a cord or chain to have it arrive assembled and ready to wear
- Arrives in a deluxe velour jewelry box
Product Details
A slim folk cross with flat, tapering arms and a small open heart hanging point-downward below the shaft, cut clean through the metal. Cross and heart together are a constant of Mexican devotional work — the Passion and the love that moved it, said in two shapes without a word of explanation.
The two faces are worked differently. One is left plain, letting the light run along bare metal; the other is punched with rows of dots and short dashes down the arms, the marks a little uneven, made with a hand tool against the original model. That contrast between a quiet side and a decorated one is part of the character of the antique this piece comes from, and it is the sort of thing a village silversmith settled by eye rather than by rule. The pierced heart keeps the whole light and gives it a little movement.
The Mexican cross with open heart was faithfully reproduced from an antique original and cast in the USA using a traditional fine-detail casting process that preserves the cross's vintage character.
- Made in the USA
- Artisan-cast from an antique original
- Finished by hand, so every piece is subtly unique.
- Buy the medal alone, or add an optional chain or cord necklace
- Add a cord or chain to have it arrive assembled and ready to wear
- Arrives in a deluxe velour jewelry box
