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Cross Pendants

Collection Type

  • Jewelry

Date

1850-1900

GUSN

GUSN-100805

Description

Two stamped brass crucifixes with corpus attached to bent metal wire ring.

Details

Descriptive Terms

pendants (jewelry)
brass (alloy)
PENDANT, RELIGIOUS

Inscription

"SOUVENIR DE MISSION" is stamped in a cross pattern (Reverse of Large Crucifix)

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

248

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

Europe

Dimensions

3 in x 1 3/8 in (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.6196

Reference Notes

For more information on the Codman estate see the entire issue of "Old Time New England" 71, no. 258 (1981).

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