Cross
ca. 1800 (made)
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Religious pendants were common in all the Catholic cantons of Switzerland. This cross, made of filigree and hanging from a crown on decorative chains, is typical of those worn in Solothurn. It has a crucifix on one side, and an image of the Virgin and Child on the other, and is decorated with red pastes (probably imitating garnets) on one side, and aquamarine pastes on the other. It would have been worn by a woman, on a black velvet ribbon.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silver-gilt sheet, silver chain, and silver filigree set with garnet and aquamarine glass pastes |
| Brief description | Silver-gilt and filigree crucifix with coloured pastes, Solothurn (Switzerland), about 1800. |
| Physical description | Pendant reliquary cross, suspended from a flat gilt crown by three heavy lengths of tight loop-in-loop chain. The cross has a cast figure of Christ on the front, with INRI above, and the Virgin and Child on the back, the figures on both sides resting on filigree tracery. The cross is set in an elaborate filigree frame, decorated with lozenges and coloured pastes (garnet on the front, aquamarine on the back). At the bottom is a small filigree drop. |
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| Summary | Religious pendants were common in all the Catholic cantons of Switzerland. This cross, made of filigree and hanging from a crown on decorative chains, is typical of those worn in Solothurn. It has a crucifix on one side, and an image of the Virgin and Child on the other, and is decorated with red pastes (probably imitating garnets) on one side, and aquamarine pastes on the other. It would have been worn by a woman, on a black velvet ribbon. |
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| Accession number | M.12-1912 |
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| Record created | January 11, 2008 |
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