Textured Crucifix Pendant

For the woman who wants her cross to look hand-finished, not cast from a catalog.

This 18k yellow gold textured crucifix pendant places the Corpus Christi at the center of a cross finished in a refined waffle texture: a grid of fine squared cells worked into the field of the cross and framed by smooth, high-polished edges along every arm. The contrast lets the polished figure of Christ read forward against the textured field, giving the piece depth and reverence without breaking the silhouette of the cross. The metal is solid 18k Italian gold, struck with the 750 millesimal mark and the registered Italian provincial hallmark that identifies authentic provincial goldsmithing.

Textured crosses are a Florentine bench specialty. The waffle finish was perfected by the goldsmiths who took the Ponte Vecchio after 1593, when the Medici officially registered the bridge as the home of the goldsmith's trade, as a way to break the monotony of a polished cross without ever weakening the spiritual line. Each cell of the waffle is scored by hand on a precision wheel, the polished edges are run separately, and the Corpus is sculpted and set forward of the field. The piece reads as devotional and as Italian craftsmanship at the same time.

This is the pendant for the woman who wears her cross every day and would rather it have a fingerprint than a finish. The piece that reads as both prayer and craft.

It reads devotional. It reads sculptural. It reads as hand-finished Italian gold.

Sourced from the boutiques of Ponte Vecchio, Florence. Solid 18k yellow gold, 750 millesimal fineness, with the registered Italian provincial hallmark. DDP worldwide delivery, fully insured, duties paid before the pendant leaves Florence. Perfect Fit Guarantee included.