IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 238733 accession number: M.6-2018 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Tuesday 22 October 2019 updated: Tuesday 2 November 2021 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Crucifix, cast, chased and engraved 18 carat gold. The front chased and engraved with Christ wearing a crown and long robe with circular motifs, arms outstretched. The reverse engraved witha deep cross and the donor's initials 'AFPB' and 'DEACON 1958' and 'PRIEST 1959'. commemorating the donor's ordination. object type: 18 carat gold, cast, chased and engraved title: crucifix NOTES ----- type: history note value: The donor commissioned this crucifix in c. 1960 to mark his ordination as Deacon in 1958 and subsequently Priest in 1959. According to Father Brown, the original design by Pilgrim Wetton was made in ivory but after seeing a silver version in a Catholic bookshop, he commissioned Wetton to make a version in gold, costing 17 guineas. Father Brown has a long association with Cambridge, having studied Theology at Fitzwilliam College in 1953, when it was known as Fitzwilliam Hall and located on Trumpington Street, opposite The Fitzwilliam Museum. He later attended a Theological college near Oxford and was ordained at Guildford before working as a Senior Curate at St Nicholas, Chiswick. He subsequently worked as Chaplain at the Chelsea College of Science and Technology before moving to a parish church, St Saviours, in Sunbury Common. LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Given by Rev. Anthony F. P. Brown STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/238733 TECHNIQUES ---------- casting (process) TECHNIQUES ---------- engraving TECHNIQUES ---------- chasing CATEGORIES ------ category: jewellery DATING ------ creation date: 1960 - 1960 creation date earliest: 1960 creation date latest: 1960 CREATORS -------- maker: Wetton, Pilgrim DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Weight units: g value: 26.8