Amulet, rosary comprised of black beads with metallic dots, a silver heart with a dove on both sides, and a silver cross with a figure on both sides. [RB 18/04/2012]

Collection type: Object
Description: Amulet, rosary comprised of black beads with metallic dots, a silver heart with a dove on both sides, and a silver cross with a figure on both sides. [RB 18/04/2012]
Long description: Amulet, rosary comprised of black beads with metallic dots, a silver heart with a dove on both sides, and a silver cross with a figure on both sides. The black beads are made of glass with a silver coloured ?foil dots, and attached to each other by a metal chain and loops. There is a silver heart shaped pendant with a dove on both sides. At the end of the rosary there is a silver cross with Christ on one side, and the ?Virgin Mary on the other. The front panel of the one side of the cross seems to be hinged and could potentially be a ?reliquary, however it does not open. [RB 18/04/2012]
Geographical reference: Europe
Europe
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 Silver Metal, Material Bead, Material Glass, Material White Metal, Material Copper Alloy Metal, Material Silver Foil Metal, Process Perforated
Dimensions: Length: max 333 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1985.52.908 Other numbers: 1778