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Vintage Bronze Sacred Heart in Profile Openwork Center

SKU: 3c3-288-B
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Part of the field of the Vintage Bronze Sacred Heart in Profile Openwork Center has been cut clean away, so that the profile within is held against open air on one side and solid metal on the other. Christ is shown facing left, long-haired and bearded, against a nimbus of fine rays, and below the shoulder sits a small flaming heart with rays spreading around it. The two together give the whole devotion in three quarters of an inch.

The profile portrait belongs to the old tradition of the Holy Face, held to preserve a true likeness of Christ, while the flaming heart names the devotion revealed at Paray-le-Monial. Combining them was a favourite economy of French rosary makers, who could not fit a full figure into a center and were unwilling to give up either idea. The piece carries no lettering.

This openwork center was faithfully reproduced from an antique original and cast in the USA using a traditional fine-detail casting process that preserves its 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
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Vintage Bronze Sacred Heart in Profile Openwork Center

SKU: 3c3-288-B
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Part of the field of the Vintage Bronze Sacred Heart in Profile Openwork Center has been cut clean away, so that the profile within is held against open air on one side and solid metal on the other. Christ is shown facing left, long-haired and bearded, against a nimbus of fine rays, and below the shoulder sits a small flaming heart with rays spreading around it. The two together give the whole devotion in three quarters of an inch.

The profile portrait belongs to the old tradition of the Holy Face, held to preserve a true likeness of Christ, while the flaming heart names the devotion revealed at Paray-le-Monial. Combining them was a favourite economy of French rosary makers, who could not fit a full figure into a center and were unwilling to give up either idea. The piece carries no lettering.

This openwork center was faithfully reproduced from an antique original and cast in the USA using a traditional fine-detail casting process that preserves its 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

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