February 29, 2024
EARLY CRUCIFIX WITH HIDDEN COMPARTMENT
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EARLY CRUCIFIX WTH HIDDEN COMPARTMET AND VOWS I AM PLEASED TO OFFER THIS EARLY CRUCIFIX WITH HIDDEN COMPARTMENT AND VOWS. THIS WONDERFUL CRUCIFIX IS FROM A CLOSED ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS. THE FACE OF THE CRUCIFIX IS EBONY BOARDED IN SILVER WITH FIGURE OF CHRIST IN GOLD. AT TOP OF THE CRUCIFIX IS A SCREW AND CHAIN HOLDER WHICH UNSCREWS, ALLOWING THE CROSS TO SLIDE OPEN, REVEALING A HIDDEN COMPARTMENT HOUSING WITH NUMEROUS TREASURES.. THE COMPARTMENT IS LINED IN RED AND SILVER PAPER AND IS FILLED WITH A VATIERY OF SMALL MESSAGES / WRITINGS AS WELL AS SMALL ROUND PARTICALS WHICH I AM ASSUMING ARE SOME TYPE OF ICON. THE PASSAGES READ A VARIETY OF THINGS LIKE: THE HOLY SACRAMENT , ST. TERESA , ST. PATRICK , THE WORD AND ST. STANISLAUS. I BEILEVE THIS BELONGED TO A NUN AND THE COMPARTMENT WAS A REFLECTION OF HER VOWS... JUST A WONDERFUL PIECE OF ROMAN CATHLOIC HISTORY. THE CRUCUFIX MEASURES 2 3/4 INCHES X 1 1/2 INCHES. DON'T MISS OUT ON THIS VERY SPECIAL PIECE
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