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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 4587792, member: 2844&quot;]I hope in a good way. Maybe it is a little nudge to help you get things clear in your head and make a decision.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Exactly.</p><p><br /></p><p>The cross maybe 19th-very early 20th. The corpus 19th, maybe earlier, but I would guess the period we in the Netherlands and Germany call Biedermeier, ca 1840-1860.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just a thought, there is a custom in Austria and southern Germany to dedicate one corner of the dining room to Jesus, with a small wall shrine, usually in a corner. It is called a &quot;Herrgottswinkel&quot;.</p><p>Since Slovenian culture is related to Austrian, I wonder if your Jesus could have been made for a hanging cross, intended for a Herrgottswinkel, only with a Slovenian term.</p><p>This card shows a Herrgottswinkel in the corner of a dining area:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://oldthing.de/AK-Ansichtskarte-Sasbachwalden-Herrgottswinkel-im-Sternen-Wirtshaus-Hohritt-Kat-Sasbachwalden-0028922402" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://oldthing.de/AK-Ansichtskarte-Sasbachwalden-Herrgottswinkel-im-Sternen-Wirtshaus-Hohritt-Kat-Sasbachwalden-0028922402" rel="nofollow">https://oldthing.de/AK-Ansichtskarte-Sasbachwalden-Herrgottswinkel-im-Sternen-Wirtshaus-Hohritt-Kat-Sasbachwalden-0028922402</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Something could have happened to make the corpus lose its original cross. And since the family valued him, they made as nice a standing cross as they could, with limited means and abilities.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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