Jewellery, Watches and Objects of Vertu

An 18th/19th century carved boxwood crucifix, with bone suspension loop, finely carved in high relief to depict the dying Christ, the letters inri above, the figure of Mary Magdalene below in veiled headdress, holding a cross, the reverse with a sliding compartment carved with the Instruments of the Passion - cockerel, shroud, chalice, flower, ladder, three nails, whip, spear and hand, opening to reveal a brass chain attached to a cloth, with paper labels recording six saints’ names, dimensions 22.5 x 9.6 x 3cm. £100-£150