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On display at V&A South Kensington
Jewellery, Rooms 91 to 93 mezzanine, The William and Judith Bollinger Gallery

Rosary

1750-1800 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Rosary of wooden beads arranged in five decades on a red silk cord, with paters of silver-gilt and three pendants:
a. Loose oval gilt-bronze medallion in a silver frame, with heads of saints on each side.
b. Wooden amulet of a clenched fist (Neidfeige) with the thumb protruding between the first and second fingers, in a silver mount.
c. Silver-gilt pilgrimage medal from Einsiedlen in a silver mount, showing the Last Supper on one side, and ... on the other.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Wooden and silver-gilt beads with silver-mounted pendants on a red silk cord
Brief description
Rosary of wood and silver beads with pendants, Switzerland or Austria, 18th century.
Physical description
Rosary of wooden beads arranged in five decades on a red silk cord, with paters of silver-gilt and three pendants:
a. Loose oval gilt-bronze medallion in a silver frame, with heads of saints on each side.
b. Wooden amulet of a clenched fist (Neidfeige) with the thumb protruding between the first and second fingers, in a silver mount.
c. Silver-gilt pilgrimage medal from Einsiedlen in a silver mount, showing the Last Supper on one side, and ... on the other.
Dimensions
  • Length: 16.0cm
  • Width: 4.5cm
  • Depth: 0.7cm
Credit line
Given by Walter Child
Production
Purchased at Brixen
Subject depicted
Literary referenceLast Supper
Collection
Accession number
M.136-1909

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Record createdJanuary 4, 2008
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