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<ownershipDocument>

    <documentType>3</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2003-04-30</periodOfReport>


    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000025793</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>CROSS A T CO</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>ATX</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0000902428</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>FIELD NOEL M JR</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>  </rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>  </rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>  </rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>  </rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>  </rptOwnerZipCode>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeSecurity>
        <securityTitle>
            <value>No Securities Owned</value>
        </securityTitle>
        <transactionAmounts>
            <transactionShares>
                <value>0</value>
            </transactionShares>
        </transactionAmounts>
        <ownershipNature>
            <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <value>I</value>
            </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            <natureOfOwnership>
                <value>Held in Trust</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </natureOfOwnership>
        </ownershipNature>
    </nonDerivativeSecurity>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Reporting Person is co-trustee of a Trust which holds more than 10% of the outstanding Class A Common Stock of the Issuer, however, the Reporting Person has no pecuniary interest in the Trust and is therefore reporting no securities owned.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Noel M. Field, Jr.</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2003-05-12</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

</ownershipDocument>

