L780 cross With the sparkling brightness and

With the sparkling brightness and clarity of diamonds

It is rare and unusual to find a complete head this size

and bobeche are put together in a sculptural form - creating a piece that appears to have evolved together over time

5" wide  3

The hand-carved angel was once part of a heavenly

L780 cross With the sparkling brightness and17th century Italian fragment base mounted with a fossil oyster and baroque pearl. with a chalcedony rosette. It has antique hand written Italian inscriptions on the base. The chalcedony mineral mimics the color and texture of the distressed wood fragment. This fragment is from a church in Florence. It was found and saved from the historic flooding of the Arno River in 1966. There is still the original paint and silt left on the piece to uphold the