Russian Bronze Cross Pendant

Meet a small, reddish-brown cross with stepped shoulders and a worn, ghostly pattern.

This bronze cross pendant is from Novgorod, Russia, and dates to the 18th or 19th century. Orthodox crosses cast in bronze were widely made in Russia, and the Novgorod region was an important center of Russian religious art and craft. Pendant cross with squared, stepped arm ends and a loop at the top. A raised inner cross is faintly visible on the front, with small marks in the corners. The rusty brown surface is pitted and softly worn. It is 0.75 inches long and 1.25 high.

Weathered, humble, and still holding its outline.