Vintage Sterling Silver Christening Crucifix with Leafy Ends
Product Details
At seven eighths of an inch, the Vintage Sterling Silver Christening Crucifix with Leafy Ends is the smallest kind of crucifix, the sort given at a baptism and kept for a lifetime in a box with the certificate. Every terminal breaks into a scrolled leaf, and a foliate crest rises above the head of Christ, so a great deal of ornament is packed into a very small compass. The corpus is slight and simply cut.
Set into the crest is a small scroll lettered INRI, for Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum, Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews. To find that title on a crucifix meant for a newly baptised child is the whole point of the sacrament in one line: the child is given, on the first day, the name of the King under whom the rest of the life will be lived. It suits a christening gift, a child's rosary, or a keepsake put away until a confirmation.
The 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.
- 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
At seven eighths of an inch, the Vintage Sterling Silver Christening Crucifix with Leafy Ends is the smallest kind of crucifix, the sort given at a baptism and kept for a lifetime in a box with the certificate. Every terminal breaks into a scrolled leaf, and a foliate crest rises above the head of Christ, so a great deal of ornament is packed into a very small compass. The corpus is slight and simply cut.
Set into the crest is a small scroll lettered INRI, for Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum, Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews. To find that title on a crucifix meant for a newly baptised child is the whole point of the sacrament in one line: the child is given, on the first day, the name of the King under whom the rest of the life will be lived. It suits a christening gift, a child's rosary, or a keepsake put away until a confirmation.
The 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.
- 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
