jewelry  from the rosary workshop - JICON.2700
THE INTERCESSOR  I
 AN ANCIENT ICON, LOVINGLY WORN OF MARY AS INTERCESSOR
 This  rare icon was purchased at a flea marked in Oberammergau (Bavaria) this past spring. There is no way to know the age of this piece but do suspect that it was once a triptych but over the ages, lost its 2 side panels. The panels would have been like doors that opened up to reveal the icon of Mary as the intercessor.  The 4 ring hinges of the two doors (2 on top, 2 on bottom) allowed us to thread the beaded wire along each side from top to bottom forming tassels at the bottom. Note the

  A POWERFUL IMAGE OF MARY AS THE
INTERCESSOR. IN HER RIGHT HAND SHE HOLDS A SCEPTER
WHICH MAY REPRESENT A LILY OR A TRIUNE SYMBOL GIVEN TO THE

MOTHER OF GOD (THEOTOKOS). HER LEFT HAND IS OPEN AS IN
PRAYER (ORANS). HER SON WOULD, BY TRADITION , BE TO
HER LEFT ON A SEPARATE ICON (MISSING)
(2.5 X 2 inches)

NECKLACE
  HISTORY OF METAL ICONS

JOHN 2:1-11
1  On the third day there was a wedding in Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. 2 Jesus and his disciples were also invited to the wedding.  3 When the wine ran short, the mother of Jesus said to him, "They have no wine." 4 (And) Jesus said to her, "Woman, how does your concern affect me? My hour has not yet come." 5  His mother said to the servers, "Do whatever he tells you." ...

~ NECKLACE ~

 A RARE AND BEAUTIFUL THEME FOR A
NECKLACE FOR THOSE WHO LOVE SOMETHING

 OUT OF THE ORDINARY. FACETED GLASS CORAL BEADS
ARE MIXED WITH METAL COMPONENTS.
24 in.
(hangs 16 in each side)

... 6  Now there were six stone water jars there for Jewish ceremonial washings, each holding twenty to thirty gallons. 7 Jesus told them, "Fill the jars with water." So they filled them to the brim. 8 Then he told them, "Draw some out now and take it to the headwaiter." So they took it. 9 And when the headwaiter tasted the water that had become wine, without knowing where it came from (although the servers who had drawn the water knew), the headwaiter called the bridegroom  10  and said to him, "Everyone serves good wine first, and then when people have drunk freely, an inferior one; but you have kept the good wine until now." 11 Jesus did this as the beginning of his signs in Cana in Galilee and so revealed his glory, and his disciples began to believe in him.

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(please note icon was imaged on a flat bed scanner which causes the beads to relax. When held up or worn, all beads fall into place beautifully!)
 
  HISTORY OF METAL ICONS
 

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