A silver Celtic cross

The Christmas tree in my dining room has silver crosses and crystal ornaments that I have collected for years. I actually keep the crosses in tarnish proof fabric bags, separate from the boxes they came in, so I can’t tell you the particulars about this design. I have collected the crosses since 1976 (I stopped in 2006) and love to see them out at Christmas!

[Carole Sandford]

This is lovely!

[Beryl Lloyd]

Beautiful - I do love the Celtic design

[Sylvia du Toit]

Fav

[Peter Dulis]

very nice

[*lynn]

such a special collection

[summerfield]

very celtic. a long time ago, back in the old country, i had an officemate who collected crosses for her Christmas tree.

[Milanie]

What a delightful collection you must have now. It certainly adds something special to your Christmas decorating.

[Diana]

That is a stunning cross, would love to see the rest of the collection too ;-)

[KWind]

Super closeup! Very pretty.

[bkb in the city]

Beautiful

[Peter]

Lovely tree decoration beautifully captured Lou Ann:)

[Valerie Chesney]

Beautiful....you have such lovely ornaments.

[Wylie]

beautiful, a very special collection

[Babs]

What a gorgeous Celtic cross and a lovely idea for a collection

[mittens (Marilyn)]

This is such a beautiful shot.

[carol white]

A lovely cross

[Bep]

Very nice.

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

Beautiful!

[Pat Knowles]

Very beautiful crosses must look amazing on your tree Lou Ann....very special at this time of the year......

[Clare Gadsby]

a beautiful design and a lovely image

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Lovely piece- the pattern on your cross is called a "triquetra". The three interlocking "ribbons" were adopted from Roman art and possibly even earlier drawings by Christians to symbolize the Trinity and often appears on Celtic crosses and in Celtic manuscripts. It is sometimes looped by a circle as well which speaks of the eternal nature of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

[Lou Ann]

@olivetreeann thank you for your wonderful description of my cross’ provenance, wonderful information. @pistache @happypat @ziggy77 @gijsje @carolmw @mittens @onewing @pusspup @happysnaps @pcoulson @bkbinthecity @kwind @ludwigsdiana @milaniet @summerfield @lynnz @pdulis @sdutoit @beryl @carole_sandford thank you all for your lovely comments and faves. Maybe I will have time tomorrow to do a collage of some of my crosses! This popped on the PP this morning, thank you!

[Ingrid]

A beautiful cross and a great picture of it!