Description (Physical description)
Accession Register for Z 11497: 'Lattern crucifix figure (crowned)'.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Labels & Markings)
Object marked with 'NO. I' on reverse.
Event Date
Author: Jodi Zhang

Description (Physical description)
Bronze Limoges enamel crucifix figure, crowned, each foot attached separately. Loin cloth apparently had enamel in the folds.
Event Date
Author: Jodi Zhang

Context (Display)
Cardboard display label handwritten in black ink reading under the category '11th - 12th century': '3. London, 1903' and presented by 'Baron Anatole von Hügel, M.A., 1903' along with the addition 'see - Middleton, Cambridge Antiquarian Society's Report 1887, Page C'. Other numbers connected to this cardboard label are 1883.737, 1883.738, 1886.41, 1887.42, 1888.34.1, 1888.34.2, 1890.87, 1891.120, 1895.148, 1903.409, 1904.354, 1905.66, Z 11503, and Z 11560.
Event Date
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung

Description (Physical description)
Accession Register for 1903.410: 'Crucifix figure in hammered bronze... possibly the earlier [than 1903.409], the pose of the head & body being more erect, & is more rigid in style.'
Event Date 1903
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Analysis)
Annual Report: '?French'
Event Date 1903
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Acquisition Details)
Purchased in London, donated in September 1903.
Event Date 9/1903
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Bronze (or ?latten) crucifix figure, crowned, each foot attached separately. Loin cloth apparently had enamel in the folds.
Event Date 19/3/1992
Author: maa

Context (Analysis)
On 17 March 2016, Marian Campbell Ramsay, former Senior Curator at the V&A, examined this object. She believes that it is probably not an original Limoge enamel crucifix figure, but was instead made in the 19th century with the intention of passing for a medieval figure. She reached this conclusion on the basis of the fact that the figure is cast, unlike the majority of Limoge enamels, and because the loincloth lacks the typical belt, it instead simply springs from Christ's hips. Based on this, the Period field has been amended: '?Medieval; ?Modern; ?19th century' has been added and '?11th century; ?12th century' removed.
Event Date 17/3/2016
Author: Imogen Gunn

Context (Other)
At some unknown point, this object became disassociated with its original accession number (1903.410) and was assigned a Z number (Z 11497). They have subsequently been matched up by the measurement and description.
Event Date 23/5/2022
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Cast copper alloy crucifix figure. Crowned, His head is slightly inclined towards His right. Body is shown frontal, with bent knees. Four perforations, two on each hand and two on each foot. Loin cloth with very stylised folds, possibly once enamelled.
Event Date 20/11/2023
Author: Jodi Zhang