Faith, Hope and Charity Rosary, French, Large Hand Cut Blue Crystal Beads, Puffed Silver Cross and Link Medal, French Circa 1890

Faith, Hope and Charity Rosary, French, Large Hand Cut Blue Crystal Beads, Puffed Silver Cross and Link Medal, French Circa 1890

Such a beautiful rosary made with pale blue crystal beads. It is very rare as I do not think I have ever seen another rosary that was made to depict Faith, Hope and Charity.

Faith is, of course, the cross while Hope and Charity are depicted by the puffed silver link medal in the shape of a heart with the anchor below.

This is a substantial rosary as each of the beads measures approximately 0.8cm in diameter. I say approximately because they are all hand cut. The 'Our Father beads are capped in silver, a sure sign of quality and it is, of course, hallamarked on the cross and the link medal.

It is a 5 decade rosary and measures 50 centimetres in length and it weighs 45 grams.