A Rare 16th/17thC Post Medieval Ebonised Wooden Penance Cross sub-Antiques but there is a possibility

but there is a possibility he is German or Austrian and he could well be earlier than the first half of the twentieth century

but the whole is superbly original order and the drawers run smooth with the carcass structurally sound

the old penny bronze finished frame with brass plate edgings

and in the low forms of fever

It is a type of mercury salt with poisonous trace elements of arsenic used to treat syphilis amongst other ailments

A Rare 16th/17thC Post Medieval Ebonised Wooden Penance Cross sub-Antiques but there is a possibilityOrigin: English Period: Probably Mid Late 16thC Provenance: Formally the property of a City Gentleman, from an important collection of Christian artifacts formed late 20thC Date: c. 1500 1650 Length: 11 inches Width: 7 inches Weight: 110 grams The ebonised wood penitential cross with baluster turned limbs, the arms formed separately and pinned; the upper and arm tips each fitted with an ivory bead bearing traces of gilding. Likely crafted during the