Rare 1900s Antique 'Natural Gemstone' Lapiz Lazuli Rosary-Hallmarked/Goldplated

Description: Circa early 1900's, this Art Nouveau antique French rosary is made of natural lapiz lazuli gemstone beads. It is also hallmarked and goldplated with high quality. All metal parts are gold-plated. It is also composed of tiny goldplated medals with different devotions. My guess is that this was perhaps made sometime during the first two decades of the 1900's. This has been made with high jewellery skills. It is very seldom that we find this excellent quality of gemstone rosary as they do not last long in the market. When first made, this rosary was most likely have been presented in a specially designed container. This elegant and beautiful rosary is ideal to pass on to the next generation as an heirloom. It is not only in perfect antique condition, but is simply beautiful! The goldplating has retained and no trace of fading for all these years. The size of the rosary is also not too small, not too big for the hand. Please study the details of this superb antique rosary: Crucifix: is in Art Nouveau design. The goldplating in this rosary is superb. This cross has hallmark on the bail at the obverse side. It is a pity that I am not familiar with the hallmark and I cannot find any information about it. However, some sellers in France selling rosaries with the same hallmartk described it as French. The cross is also hallmarked at the reverse side with 'TITRENET'. The tiny corpus is nailed and soldered to the cross frame. The oval ring that attaches the cross to the rosary is soldered for durability. The loop after the ring signifies it is made around said period when all the minute details of the rosary is made to last for generations. Size: 22mm x 33mm Links: are made of goldplated chains and are soldered. All chains and other metal parts in this beautiful rosary are original. Beads: All beads in this antique rosary are made of natural gemstone lapiz lazuli. The beads are handcut and hand-faceted, no two beads are the same. The Pater beads are slightly bigger at approximately 7mm. The Mater beads are slightly smaller at approximately 5-6mm. Please look at the pictures as the rosary beads have been taken in many sides for you to appreciate. Center Medal: the center medal features a pensive Blessed Virgin Mary. She is featured with a halo on her head. Size: 11mm Medals: The tiny medals separates the five decades of this antique rosary. They are presented in different devotions namely: Sacred Heart of JesusBlessed Virgin Mary with a haloJesus on his side profile with a halo and marked 'OBC' Saint Joseph with Child Jesus holding a branch of white lily in his right hand representing his holiness and his celibate marriage to the Virgin Mary.Note all these tiny medals have exquisite details despite their small size.All reverse sides are featured with a branch of lily on the left side.Size of medals: 8.5mm Length: 48cm/18 7/8 inches59 beads I will give a 10 % discount for a purchase of 3 different listings on buttons and fashion accessories. This promo is cancelled when another promo is on. If you have a particular requirement as to style, colour, use, size and others, please do not hesitate to let me know. For a quick search on buttons, please type in the ‘search’ box ANY OF THE FOLLOWING WORDS BEFORE THE WORD ‘button’ or ‘buttons’: coat, jacket, cardigan, blouse, dress, shirt, craft, collectible, haute couture, high fashion, metal, button in card, unisex, Mother of Pearl or MOP, corozo, tagua, vegetable ivory, assorted or replacement. For sizes of buttons: Up to 20mm-Small size; 21mm to 30mm-Medium size; 31m to 40mm-Big size; 41mm to 50mm-Huge size. Kindly ask if you want more or less of the listed buttons. To get an idea of the size of the rosary, kindly be guided by the following: Small: up to 15 inches long; Medium: 16 to 19 inches long; Large: 20 to 25 inches long; Huge: over 25 inches long. The rosary’s length is measured laid flat on table as if hanging on a nail. All jewelry are cleaned and will be cleaned again for you before sending. Note that the 10 cents coin featured in the listings is 23mm or 2.3 cm in size. Since my promo is out of the normal system of ebay selling and to get your 10% discount, the easiest way to avail of it is to pay the full price, then I will refund your discount including excess postage. Alternatively, you can email me for EACH ITEM you want BEFORE purchase so I can edit the prices with the corresponding discount and combine postage but you may risk missing out on the item in case somebody buys the item ahead of you. Many thanks for your understanding! TERMS AND CONDITIONS: Please pay within 3 days of purchase. Purchased item will be mailed after payment is cleared. Payment is via Paypal only. Non-payment after 3 days will mean change of mind and I reserve the right to relist item. Most of the items I sell are antique or vintage items. They have traits and traces consistent with time, use and age. Remember too that items are magnified in pictures. Please consider these characteristics before you decide to buy. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to send an email. I will be most glad to answer any enquiry. I give enormous time to research, organise, describe, take pictures and give as much details to buyers. Please read descriptions carefully before making your purchase. Pictures are part of the description. Please examine them carefully before making your purchase. Refund of item is possible only if item received is NOT according to description. There is NO refund nor exchange for change of mind or for buyer’s remorse on purchased item. I do not give refund for items that arrived damaged. I take a great deal of effort in packaging items to be sent and what happens to item while in transit is out of my control. In the event of a refund as deemed necessary by ebay, item has to be sent back to me within 7 working days. This store offers the cheapest possible postage to deliver your item. Due to Covid, cheaper international postage offered before is no longer possible and postage had increased dramatically. For your benefit, I always combine postage. Any excess postage will be refunded. A proof of mail and postage is happily submitted upon request. Most buyers are honest and so far, all items purchased in this store have all been received locally and overseas. Rosaries will be mailed via registered mail with tracking and signature only. Please note that there is no pick-up of items but only delivery through the post. Your custom is very important to me. Please let me know if there has been any error, misunderstanding or problem in this transaction. We will try to work out something to solve any problem. With due respect and consideration to everyone, we can build a lasting selling/buying relationship. Best of all, please buy with confidence. Many of the items I am selling now are part of my collection for decades. They represent my lifetime’s collection. The majority of them are a one-off piece and if there are duplicates, it would be in small number. I have now decided to part with and share them to those who would love them as much as I did.

Price: 870 AUD

Location: Perth

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