Antique Child's Rosary, French, Hand Cut Mother of Pearl Beads, Bronze Cross, Link Medal and Chain.
I have seen many rosaries due to where we live in France but I have never seen anything like this one and there is much to say about it.
On the reverse of the cross is 'In Deum Credo' It is the beginning of the Nicene Creed, which was first used at the Consilium Primum Nicaeae (First Council of Nicaea) in 325 AD and it means 'I Believe in God'.
The link medal is especially interesting as it is a Miraculous Medal but different from the ones you would know.
The Miraculous Medal was originally called the Medal of the Immaculate Conception, but, because of the numerous accounts of miracles by those who wore it, people began to call it the Miraculous Medal, and the name stuck. It was designed from the description given to Saint Catherine Laboure by The Virgin Mary in 1830. The Virgin Mary asked Catherine to take these images to her father confessor, telling him that they should be put on medallions, and saying "All who wear them will receive great graces".
It took two years for the church to approve the medal and it was given to Adrien Vachette, a Paris jeweler, to create the first run of 20,000 medals. That first design had 1830 at the base to commemorate the date of the appearance of The Virgin Mary and all subsequent Miraculous Medals have the same date.
However, this link medal does not have that and so must have been made between 1830 and 1832 possibly for a child of a family who knew Saint Catherine Laboure.
This is a five decade rosary and measures 30 centimetres in length and weighs just 5 grams.
An exquisite piece of work.
I have seen many rosaries due to where we live in France but I have never seen anything like this one and there is much to say about it.
On the reverse of the cross is 'In Deum Credo' It is the beginning of the Nicene Creed, which was first used at the Consilium Primum Nicaeae (First Council of Nicaea) in 325 AD and it means 'I Believe in God'.
The link medal is especially interesting as it is a Miraculous Medal but different from the ones you would know.
The Miraculous Medal was originally called the Medal of the Immaculate Conception, but, because of the numerous accounts of miracles by those who wore it, people began to call it the Miraculous Medal, and the name stuck. It was designed from the description given to Saint Catherine Laboure by The Virgin Mary in 1830. The Virgin Mary asked Catherine to take these images to her father confessor, telling him that they should be put on medallions, and saying "All who wear them will receive great graces".
It took two years for the church to approve the medal and it was given to Adrien Vachette, a Paris jeweler, to create the first run of 20,000 medals. That first design had 1830 at the base to commemorate the date of the appearance of The Virgin Mary and all subsequent Miraculous Medals have the same date.
However, this link medal does not have that and so must have been made between 1830 and 1832 possibly for a child of a family who knew Saint Catherine Laboure.
This is a five decade rosary and measures 30 centimetres in length and weighs just 5 grams.
An exquisite piece of work.
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