Italian solid silver crucifix

Italian solid silver crucifix Naples, 1839-1872 Height x width crucifix: 35 x 23; theca dimensions: 46 x 36 cm. Weight with theca: 665 g.
Corpus Christi mounted on a cross with terminals depicting cherubic heads. The Savior is shown with His head crowned with thorns, tilted to the right, legs bent, and feet crossed and nailed one over the other. His arms are outstretched, with well-defined musculature; the open hands are nailed to the cross with pyramid-shaped nails. The loincloth is adorned with a side drape knotted at the right hip. At the top of the cross, there is a scroll bearing the Titulus Crucis I.N.R.I. (Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum, which literally translates to 'Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews'), rectangular in shape and arranged horizontally in a wavy form, reminiscent of a parchment. At the base, a skull symbolizes CalvaryHallmarked with the marks in use in Naples for silver at a fineness of 834/1000, between 1839 and 1872, for silverware made for cult purposes. Item condition grading: **** good.The lot is in a good state of preservation with the normal wear and defects commensurate with its age and use over time.