BRASS ALTAR CROSS, ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN HARDMAN & CO. BIRMINGHAM CIRCA 1885 the cross with embossed and cased decoration, set with polished clear cabochons and applied spheres above a knopped column with applied cartouche and spreading base (92cm high) Footnote: Provenance: The Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, Balcarres House, Fife, Scotland Literature: https://archive.org/details/catalogue00john/page/n113 Note: See trade catalogue for John Hardman & Co., circa 1885, 'Processional, Altar and Oratory Crosses', No. 11, where a line drawing for a related model is illustrated