Gilded silver strips and a gilded silver plaque applied to a wooden core. Cast frieze of symmetrical scrolls on either side of a palmette motif applied to the edges of the cross (damaged). The figures and motifs on the strips and plaque are embossed.
On front: trefoil ends of cross contain roundels with four-winged cherubim. Below these, quatrefoil cartouches containing, clockwise from top: a pelican in her piety; the figure of St John, holding a book; the kneeling, grieving, figure of Mary Magdalene (with attribute of ointment pot?), the Virgin Mary, her hands clasped in a gesture of grief.
Central plaque: the heavenly city of Jerusalem.
Affixed in front of the central plaque: cast figure of the crucified Christ.
The remaining areas of gilded silver embossed with symmetrical patterns of foliage emanating from an urn.
On back: trefoil ends of cross contain roundels with four-winged cherubim. Below these, quatrefoil cartouches containing symbols of the four Evangelists, clockwise from top: eagle (St John), ox (St Luke), angel (St Matthew), winged lion (St Mark).
Central plaque: God the Father enthroned, wearing papal tiara and holding an orb surmounted by a cross, his right hand raised in a gesture of blessing.
The remaining areas of gilded silver embossed with symmetrical patterns of foliage emanating from an urn.