An Arts & Crafts silver and gold cross, Omar Ramsden & Alwyn Carr, circa 1904
The gold cross with angels swinging thuribles at the four points, the Lamb of God in the centre, on a silver backing pierced with fruiting vines, engraved on the reverse ''Omar Ramsden et Alwyn Carr Me Fecerunt MC-M-IV''
Dimensions 12cm, 4¾in. high
Weight: 62gr., 2oz total
Provenance By repute, commissioned for Rev. Francis Gurdon.
The Reverend Francis Gurdon (1861-1929) was, at the time this cross was made, Rector of Limehouse, London. He was appointed Bishop of Hull in 1913.
Antique Number: SA1122122
Dateline of this antique is Edwardian
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