1750 / 1800, Switzerland

1750 / 1800, Switzerland

Identifier
M.136-1909
Acquisition
Given by Walter Child
Collection
Material
Depiction
Dimension
0.7 cm (depth)
16 cm (length)
4.5 cm (width)
Production time
Production place

Description

Rosary of wood and silver beads with pendants, Switzerland or Austria, 18th century. 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.