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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	France (made) Normandy (worn)

Stylised two-part cross made from openwork silver in a floral design, with four high conical mounts set with circular white crystals on the main section, with smaller crystals between them. The lowest limb of the cross hangs loosely from a bar at the base of the main section, and has a matching central drop-shaped conical mount, with smaller crystals around it. There is a loop for suspension on the back at the top.

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Categories	Jewellery Metalwork Christianity
Object type	Cross
Materials and techniques	Silver set with rock crystal Silver Crystal
Brief description	Silver pendant cross set with rock crystals, Normandy (France), 1798-1809.
Physical description	Stylised two-part cross made from openwork silver in a floral design, with four high conical mounts set with circular white crystals on the main section, with smaller crystals between them. The lowest limb of the cross hangs loosely from a bar at the base of the main section, and has a matching central drop-shaped conical mount, with smaller crystals around it. There is a loop for suspension on the back at the top.
Dimensions	Length: 8.2cm Width: 7.7cm Depth: 1.9cm
Marks and inscriptions	Fasces with diagonal bands, in shaped frame. (On front, on suspension bar at base of main section.) Translation Restricted warranty mark for silver, Provinces, 1798-1809. Crab in a shaped frame. (On front, on suspension bar at base of main section.) Translation Restricted warranty mark for 800 standard silver, Provinces, 1838 onwards. 'D' under a halo, in vertical lozenge (On front, on suspension bar at base of main section.) Translation Mark of unidentified maker
Subject depicted	Cross
Collection	Metalwork Collection
Accession number	84-1869

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Record created	June 24, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O377416/cross-unknown/

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