Vintage Yellow Bronze Christening Crucifix with Fleur-de-Lis
Product Details
The Vintage Yellow Bronze Christening Crucifix is scaled for a very young child. Its four arms close in fleur-de-lis terminals with small volutes scrolling back toward the crossing, a fluted panel stands above the head of Christ, and the corpus is remarkably clearly drawn for the size.
The fleur-de-lis has served for centuries as a Marian emblem, the lily of purity, and it recurs constantly on French devotional metalwork. Here it softens a crucifix into something fitted to a baptism, and the pairing is a true one, since baptism is exactly where a child is joined to the death and the rising that this cross carries. Nothing is lettered on the piece, which leaves any keepsake card free for a name and a date, and the warm yellow tone suits a gift meant to be kept long after the day itself.
The christening 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
The Vintage Yellow Bronze Christening Crucifix is scaled for a very young child. Its four arms close in fleur-de-lis terminals with small volutes scrolling back toward the crossing, a fluted panel stands above the head of Christ, and the corpus is remarkably clearly drawn for the size.
The fleur-de-lis has served for centuries as a Marian emblem, the lily of purity, and it recurs constantly on French devotional metalwork. Here it softens a crucifix into something fitted to a baptism, and the pairing is a true one, since baptism is exactly where a child is joined to the death and the rising that this cross carries. Nothing is lettered on the piece, which leaves any keepsake card free for a name and a date, and the warm yellow tone suits a gift meant to be kept long after the day itself.
The christening 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
