2-721-287 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Crystal crucifix, c1550, (1881). Etching of a cross of rock crystal, made somewhere in western Europe in the mid 16th century. The mounts and the small figure of the crucified Christ are of silver gilt. From "The South Kensington Museum", a book of engraved illustrations, with descriptions, of the works of art in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London (formerly known as the South Kensington Museum). [Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, London, 1881]