rosary workshop - museum index
18c ROSARIES & CHAPLETS
INDEX OF ROSARIES FROM THE 1700s
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By the 1700s, the silver filigree rosary from Austria and Bavaria is in greater demand. They are very elegant, with the Paternosters of filigree beads and the Ave’s in coral, crystal and other precious stones. Small reliquary boxes from pilgrimages are attached and many have unidentified pieces of wood set into the crosses. CORAL FILIGREE - PATER NOSTER - 1720 - DIRECTORY Seven decades of Ave beads are popular. (These filigree Rosaries are still being made and sold today in Oberammergau Germany. (From the Bavarian Forest) |
~ FACETED CORAL FILIGREE ~ |
MEDALLION WITH CREDO CROSS |
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~ PATER NOSTER - 1720 ~ |
FOUND IN LOWER BAVARIA |
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~ DIRECTORY ~ |
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coral was a favorite as thought to have 'healing powers' |
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beautiful example of a more traditional and simple rosary |
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a rare example of traditional 15 decade rosary |
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pebbles of garnet partially faceted gives essence of early fathers |
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