Gold pectoral cross; panel on front engraved with a crucifix figure against a cross-shaped area, once keyed for enamel, of which only a red trace now remains, with pounced black enamelled letters INRI in black letters on a scroll above; the outer arms and back pounced with a scrolling foliate design; mounted with a pearl in each angle; on a chain of twisted gold links.

Behind the cross is a cavity where minute fragments of wood were found when the cross was discovered, indicating that it once held pieces of what was believed to be a relic of the True Cross on which Christ was crucified, suggesting that this was a reliquary cross.

Catalogue entry from "Gold", London, 2014.