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Cross base, inv. no. Вст. 1627/128: photo 1 of 5
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Metal · Church plate

Cross base

Inv. no. Вст. 1627/128 · Metal

Project: Sloboda Ukraine Code. Church Antiquities

Made of silver-toned metal with gold spraying. Round in cross-section, tapering toward the top, ending in an "apple" (knop) bearing a text (in Russian): "...to the Church of the Exaltation of the Cross, for the repose of Jeremiah ... and Barbara...18.." Full description

Date
19th century
Material
Metal
Technique
Stamping, chasing, engraving, gilding, soldering
Dimensions
17 × 15 × 11 cm

Photo: M. F. Sumtsov Kharkiv Historical Museum · CC BY 4.0

Description

Made of silver-toned metal with gold spraying. Round in cross-section, tapering toward the top, ending in an "apple" (knop) bearing a text (in Russian): "...to the Church of the Exaltation of the Cross, for the repose of Jeremiah ... and Barbara...18.."

Note: the cross belonged to the pre-war (pre-1941) part of the collection of the H. S. Skovoroda Historical Museum; it was evacuated in 1941, and this fragment of the cross, in the form of its base, was returned to Kharkiv in November 1944.

Record

Inventory number
Вст. 1627/128
Title
Cross base
Collection group
Metal · Church plate
Date
19th century
Material
Metal
Technique
Stamping, chasing, engraving, gilding, soldering
Dimensions
17 × 15 × 11 cm
Digitisation
Project “Sloboda Ukraine Code. Church Antiquities”, 2026
Tradition
Orthodoxy

Updated 15 Oct 2026

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