Stand for an altar cross Stand for an altar cross Stand for an altar cross in the form of two angels on a pedestal, The object is cast in several parts. Then it was hammered, engraved here and there and gilded in its entirety (also the bottom). Two angels stand side by side on a rectangular ground, which rests on a pedestal, consisting of two lying lions at the front and back, the heads on the corners and in the middle the head of a basilisk. The claw feet emerge from the open mouths. The sides bulge slightly and have a decoration arranged in two rows, consisting of the motif of a sphere with

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