Stock Photo - 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 a hole, above an arcade border with five or six openings. The angels stand side by side and have their wings spread. Proportionally speaking, wings and heads are too large for the bodies. The angels point up with their right or left hand. Hair style, tunicas and wings are indicated in detail. At the back of these figures there is a horizontal connecting piece against the wings and shoulders with a square hole in the middle and round ends on either side. Also in the base, on which the angels are standing, a square hole has been made at the rear, so that the foot of the missing cross can be placed through both openings. A round iron ring is riveted between the wings in the middle at the back, which serves as a support for the foot of the cross, and a hole has also been drilled there. This also happened on either side of the square hole in the base. The legs of the base and the round ends of the reinforcement are slightly bent. On the front is missing an ornament between the two wings in the middle, angels, ornament, hybrid animals, anonymous, Maasland, c. 1170, bronze (metal), ring, drilling, h 16.4 cm × l 14.1 cm × w 13 cm