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Frame of a small (portable) cross, inv. no. Вст. 1627/77: photo 1 of 5
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Metal · Church plate

Frame of a small (portable) cross

Inv. no. Вст. 1627/77 · Metal

Project: Sloboda Ukraine Code. Church Antiquities

The frame is fragmentary. It takes the form of an outline frame for a carved cypress cross, with a handle. The frame is four-armed, worked along its contour with floral scrollwork. The handle has visible facets. Full description

Date
19th century
Material
Metal
Technique
Stamping, soldering, engraving
Dimensions
15.5 × 4.5 cm
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Photo: M. F. Sumtsov Kharkiv Historical Museum · CC BY 4.0

Description

The frame is fragmentary. It takes the form of an outline frame for a carved cypress cross, with a handle. The frame is four-armed, worked along its contour with floral scrollwork. The handle has visible facets.

Note: the cross belonged to the pre-war (pre-1941) collection of the H. S. Skovoroda Historical Museum; it was evacuated in 1941, and the frame from the cross was returned to Kharkiv in November 1944.

Record

Inventory number
Вст. 1627/77
Title
Frame of a small (portable) cross
Collection group
Metal · Church plate
Date
19th century
Material
Metal
Technique
Stamping, soldering, engraving
Dimensions
15.5 × 4.5 cm
Digitisation
Project “Sloboda Ukraine Code. Church Antiquities”, 2026
Tradition
Orthodoxy

Updated 15 Oct 2026

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