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Tower Cross with a Crossbar Forged into a Diamond Containing a Cloverleaf. Stem Decorated with Scrolls
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
A forged iron cross (from a tower spire or roof ridge) on a fork, around which a conical iron cap (?). The stem is decorated with various forged curls, the cross point forged out into a diamond, within which a clover leaf. The cross arms end in a fleur-de-lis. The spike is thin and round forged as a spindle for a weather vane. The weather vane is missing.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineTorenkruis waarvan het kruispunt is uitgesmeed tot een ruit waarbinnen een klaverblad. Stam is versierd met krullen. c. 1400 - c. 1950. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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