STAUROLITE SLABS FOR PATERS

ANTIQUE TERRA COTTA CUBES FOR AVES

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THE CRUCIFIX
There is no known history on this crucifix.  The current owner said it was in a box of personal belongings of a person who died and the relatives had little to say about it, considering it a piece of junk.  From similar items we have seen, we are fairly certain it is European, probably Spain. It may have been in route to the new country, now Latin America. It was customary for Franciscan and Dominican Friars to travel with the explorers (15 -16 c), bringing religious items to give to the indigenous people,  items such as rosaries, statues and crucifixes which were great visual aides in the process of bringing them to the new Christian God.

Sometimes ships were lost along with their crew and cargo. Because of the wear on this crucifix, this may have been churning in sand and water for centuries.  It is hard to know. Since these items were mass produced and not by artisans of the period, they are not necessarily perfect in proportion which gives them a beauty all their own like a type of folk art. We are often asked to identify items that have been found off of the coast of the US and Latin America and there seems to be a thread of similarity in design and wear from the little that is known about the items found. Sometimes a little bit of information can open up vast amounts of knowledge when linked with other tiny bits of information and the web has truly brought us a wealth of this.


 

~ CHAPLET ~

THIS SLICE OF STAUROLITE WITH ITS CROSS
DESIGN HAS DEEP INCLUSIONS OF COLOR WHICH ADD TO ITS MYSTERY.

 10 AVE BEADS ARE ANTIQUE TERRA COTTA CUBES.

~inspired scripture~
   Another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. A large quantity of incense was given to him to offer with the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar that stood in front of the throne; [4] and so from the angel's hand the smoke of the incense went up in the presence of God and with it the prayers of the saints.
Revelation 8:3-4

THE ANCIENT CRUCIFIX, ALTHO NO KNOWN HISTORY

 APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN WASHED ASHORE AFTER
CENTURIES OF WEAR WITH SAND AND WATER.
10 in.

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