- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, a rosary bracelet of white beads on a metal chain, with a metal medallion depicting the Virgin Mary attached to it by a perforated loop. [RB 27/03/2012]
- Long description
- Amulet, a rosary bracelet of white beads on a metal chain, with a metal medallion depicting the Virgin Mary attached to it by a perforated loop. The metal medallion is double sided. On one side there is a figure of the Virgin Mary surrounded by an inscription which reads: 'O MARIE CONCUE SANS PÉCHE PRIEZ POUR NOUS OUI AVONS DE COURS A VOUS 1830'. On the other side of the medallion there is a Marian cross, a cross and a 'M', surrounded by star shapes. [RB 27/03/2012]
- Person
- Field collector Unknown Collector
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1931
- Date collected
- By 1931
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Copper Alloy Metal, Material Bead, Process Struck, Process Inscribed, Process Perforated
- Dimensions
- Length: max 100 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.52.659 Other numbers: 1270
Search terms: Religion, Ornament, Writing, Amulet, Rosary, Arm Ornament, Religious Object, Inscription