{"product_id":"antique-french-19th-century-crown","title":"Antique French Santos Crown with Paste Stones, Orb and Cross, 19th Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eA French santos crown, the kind made to crown a statue of the Madonna or a saint, and now available to crown whatever you consider sufficiently important. Eight arched bands of stamped brass, each worked with scrolls and tiny florets, rise from a braided band to meet at an orb topped with a small cross. Between the arches sit trefoil fleurons, and the whole thing is set with paste stones: clear ones for brilliance, ruby red at the center of each arch, and sapphire blue around the base.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is a closed, imperial-style crown, which is the more ambitious version. The brass has mellowed to a soft, uneven gold with darker tones in the recesses, and the stones still catch the light the way they were meant to from the far end of a nave. One setting sits empty, which is what happens when something has spent its life being reverent in public.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeautiful on a stack of books, under a cloche, on a mantel, or back on a statue where it started.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOrigin: France\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePeriod: 19th century\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterials: brass with paste stones (clear, red, and blue)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eForm: closed crown with eight arches, orb, and cross\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimensions: 3.5\" diameter × 2.25\" H\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCondition: patina and wear to the brass consistent with age; one paste stone missing. Please review all photos.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Swan Hill Home","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50555977302235,"sku":null,"price":505.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0683\/0466\/6843\/files\/88838B78-4132-491F-A70F-1B34817DA4D9.jpg?v=1790958308","url":"https:\/\/swanhillhome.com\/products\/antique-french-19th-century-crown","provider":"Swan Hill Home","version":"1.0","type":"link"}