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Mother of Pearl
The Holy Cross in Mother of Pearl
Item no. 22
$2,000
A large cross clad entirely in carved shell, pale as moonlight and finely worked.
Or call +972 2 277 2442 and quote item no. 22.
- Item number
- 22
- Material
- Mother of pearl
- Technique
- Carved and inlaid by hand
- Delivery
- Worldwide, tracked, dispatched within 48 hours
Shipping
We dispatch every order within 48 hours by EMS Express Mail Service, fully tracked. Your tracking number is sent by email on the day your parcel leaves Bethlehem.
Payment
For now we accept payment by bank transfer only. Once we have confirmed your order and the total, including shipping, we send you our bank details. Your order leaves Bethlehem once the transfer arrives, and if we cannot fulfil an order we refund it in full.
Returns and breakage
Each piece is packed by hand in Bethlehem, so we cannot accept returns or exchanges once an order has shipped. Should anything arrive damaged, email us a photograph at info@saint-michael-store.com and we will send a replacement.
About this piece
What it shows
The Holy Cross with flowering, budded arms, a form that recalls the Cross as the Tree of Life. At its centre the corpus of Christ is surrounded by fine engraved and pierced ornament.
How it is made
Mother of pearl is cut from the inner layer of the shell in thin plates, shaped with fine saws and files, engraved, and fitted piece by piece over a wooden core. On a cross of this size there are hundreds of individual pieces, and the slightest misjudgement cracks the shell.
