Antique Catholic Nuns French Crusifix, sterling silver or fine sliver (Pure silver) corpus and backing plate on ebony or dark oak, estimated around 200 plus years old.

Country of origin: France, early c1800, to late c1700's.

Solid silver Backing plate has multiple inscriptions, Nuns vows; and name of owner or crafts person.

Have taken this to three jewlers and an antiques dealer; they confirm it is sterling silver; or fine silver.

Only sterling silver hall mark is a small diamond at the top left of backing plate, and very small; tiny inscription.

Estimated 200 years plus of wear on the sterling silver, fine silver corpus face ( Jesus Face); silver backing plate has wear commiserate to age.

Back in c1700-c1800's Catholic Nuns undertook hard menial Labour, stone masons, carpentry, field work, they also built many churches and monasteries, this amazing religious Artefact; antique sterling silver Crusifix on ebony has done hard Labour around more than one Nuns neck; dangling from a long necklace of rosary beads; this veritable religious Artefact treasure would look great in any collection, maybe the Catholic Church might like to send it back to France where it belongs.

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