Pendant with Wooden Cross Design

Bark-textured cross with a log-like crossbar slipped over the upright.

This sterling silver pendant with a wooden cross design is from the United States, and is contemporary. The cross is the best known symbol of Christianity, and its form has been reproduced in many materials, among them wood, stone and metal. Silvery cross whose long upright has a carved, woody texture, with a thick horizontal bar fitted across it like a collar. A small loop at the top lets it hang. The darker grooves give it a weathered look. It is 1 inches long, 0.5 deep and 1.75 high.

Rugged by design and elegant by accident.