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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Aopocetx, post: 4283714, member: 19661&quot;][ATTACH=full]344053[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]344054[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]344055[/ATTACH] Hey guys, I hope all of you are good. I made this account a long time ago and since then I&#039;ve become pretty good at finding Antiques and identifying them but I can&#039;t lie that I have found some recently that have completely stumped me and one of them is this completely heavy 3x4 in bronze crossed. It has a protruding cylinder on the back of it that actually has a screw hole so I&#039;m assuming it&#039;s at least late 1700s. When did people start using screw holes anyway? Or could it be tapped? There is no marking of any sort unless there&#039;s patina on top of it and this is what I think of it. It probably originally went into a bigger object like a statue or a staff or a large crucifix. I don&#039;t personally think it had was tapped when it was made because the screw hole is way too perfect and wait till you see this cross. Any information is very welcome. I also thought this might be the master form to create plaster molds to create more crosses. Am I on the right track at all? The other answer I could not find online is what type of cross this is because I&#039;ve seen it before but only rarely. It has those distinct three raised lines on the inside with the diamond shape right in the middle. Also just a small note, this cross weighs a lot. For something so small it might even be a pound but I haven&#039;t actually waited. Actually it feels like cast iron.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, I could find this myself but I thought it was cool so bonus: what is this silver oil burner? The thing sticking out lets you raise the wick up and the whole top part screws off. No markings but I just realized I haven&#039;t looked at the bottom of the wick part when it&#039;s undscrewed. Any ideas? Guys thank you. I&#039;m going to be coming here a lot. I got into this about a year ago and just started studying hard as if this was going to be my career and I run a small eBay store that&#039;s actually paying my bills at this point but I&#039;ve barely dipped my toes in this stuff.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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