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Good vintage condition with age-appropriate wear to the wood & metal surfaces. The corpus shows natural patina & finish variation. Candles show age/storage wear & are included primarily as part of the original set. Please review all photographs closely as they form part of the description.Beautiful vintage wooden Catholic crucifix traditionally used as a sick-call or Last Rites cross in the home.This example retains two vintage candles and an original J.C. Company, North Attleboro, Massachusetts reorder card for replacement candles. Also, folded fabric(likely for holy water). The crucifix features a warm-toned wooden cross with decorative fluted edges, a dimensional metal figure of Christ, and raised INRI plaque. The cross opens/slides to reveal the interior sick-call arrangement with two brass-lined candle sockets and a long hidden storage compartment.Details
* Vintage Catholic sick-call / Last Rites crucifix
* Wood cross with metal corpus
* Raised INRI plaque
* Hidden interior storage compartment
* Two built-in candle holders
* Includes 2 vintage beeswax taper candles
* Includes original J.C. Company candle reorder card
* Wall-hanging hardware on reverse
* Hardware stamped PAT. NO. 194251 - date on hardware patten is 1933
* Approximately 13” tall
* Approximately 7.75” wide
* Roughly 2.75” deep when assembledHistorically, these crucifixes were kept in Catholic homes so the cross could be opened and arranged with candles when a priest visited a seriously ill family member.beautiful piece for a Catholic devotional collection, home altar, religious gallery wall, or collector of vintage ecclesiastical objects.Thanks for looking!Some listing photos may include AI-generated or digitally created lifestyle staging to help show how the vintage item could look in a styled setting. Please refer to the original product photos for the item’s actual color, condition, details, and scale.