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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.\nOn 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.\nCentral plaque: the heavenly city of Jerusalem.\nAffixed in front of the central plaque: cast figure of the crucified Christ.\nThe remaining areas of gilded silver embossed with symmetrical patterns of foliage emanating from an urn.\nOn 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).\nCentral 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.\nThe remaining areas of gilded silver embossed with symmetrical patterns of foliage emanating from an urn.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[],"techniques":[],"materialsAndTechniques":"silver, gilded; wood.","categories":[{"text":"Metalwork","id":"THES48920"},{"text":"Christianity","id":"THES48978"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"MET","id":"THES48599"},"images":["2021MU6779","2021MU6777"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"69","id":"THES49729"},"free":"","case":"18","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Cross","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Spain","id":"x29170"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1550-1600","earliest":"1550-01-01","latest":"1600-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Dr W.L. 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For a list of the objects in Hildburgh's bequest, see the nominal file for Hildburgh, RF 55/4478A.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Gilded silver on a wooden core, unmarked but attributable to Spain, 1550-1600.","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Oman, Charles. <u>The Golden Age of Hispanic Silver 1400-1665</u>, London: HMSO, 1968."},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Grancho, Nuno Cruz. 'Reflexiones sobre dos cruces procesionales conservadas en <i>Casa-Museu Medeiros e Almeida</i> y <i>Museu do Dinheiro</i>: entre el Gótico tardío y el primer Renacimiento'. <u>Santander. 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