A Rare 16th/17thC Post Medieval Ebonised Wooden Penance Cross sub-Antiques The examples within this particular

The examples within this particular case have a pleasing variation with a wide range of distinctive colours and patterns with a rather monochrome theme

the old penny bronze finished frame with brass plate edgings

Height of The Wholes: 11

but there is a possibility he is German or Austrian and he could well be earlier than the first half of the twentieth century

with the labels varying in condition from excellent to fair

A Rare 16th/17thC Post Medieval Ebonised Wooden Penance Cross sub-Antiques The examples within this particularOrigin: English Period: Probably Mid Late 16thC Provenance: Formally the property of a City Gentleman, from an important collection of Christian artifacts formed late 20thC Date: c. 1500 1650 Length: 11 inches Width: 7 inches Weight: 110 grams The ebonised wood penitential cross with baluster turned limbs, the arms formed separately and pinned; the upper and arm tips each fitted with an ivory bead bearing traces of gilding. Likely crafted during the