Vintage Bronze Simple Old Coptic Cross
Product Details
The Vintage Bronze Simple Old Coptic Cross carries no ornament at all: four arms swelling smoothly outward and closing in three rounded lobes apiece, the upper arm broadened into a shield-like shape. The surface is domed and bare, and the whole character of the piece lies in its silhouette and in the soft, unequal way the metal takes the light.
The lobed cross belongs to the Coptic and Ethiopian churches, where Christianity has been continuous since the first centuries and where a cross is not saved for feast days but worn constantly, by everyone, from childhood on. The three lobes at each arm end are read as the Trinity, and the shape has stayed almost unchanged for well over a thousand years. Bronze suits it exactly: dark in the hollows, and warm wherever the hand has been.
The 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.
- 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
The Vintage Bronze Simple Old Coptic Cross carries no ornament at all: four arms swelling smoothly outward and closing in three rounded lobes apiece, the upper arm broadened into a shield-like shape. The surface is domed and bare, and the whole character of the piece lies in its silhouette and in the soft, unequal way the metal takes the light.
The lobed cross belongs to the Coptic and Ethiopian churches, where Christianity has been continuous since the first centuries and where a cross is not saved for feast days but worn constantly, by everyone, from childhood on. The three lobes at each arm end are read as the Trinity, and the shape has stayed almost unchanged for well over a thousand years. Bronze suits it exactly: dark in the hollows, and warm wherever the hand has been.
The 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.
- 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
