rosary

1510/1525

British Museum
London, United Kingdom

Rosary bead or prayer-nut; boxwood; carved; opening in two halves; upper half with St Hubert adoring the stag; trees and huntsmen in background; lower half: enthronement of St Hubert following consecration by Pope Sergius [?]; outside pierced with tracery of intersecting curves, containing quatrefoils; two silver-gilt plates at top and bottom with suspension loops.

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Details

Title: rosary
Date Created: 1510/1525
Physical Dimensions: Length: 8.50cm (open); Diameter: 3.70cm (upper half); Diameter: 4.30cm (lower half); Depth: 2.80cm (upper half incl ring); Depth: 2.90cm (lower half); Weight: 16.00g
External Link: British Museum collection online
Technique: carved; pierced; relief; gilded
Subject: cleric; hunting/shooting; mammal; saint/martyr; tree/bush
Registration number: WB.237
Production place: Made in France. Made in Belgium. Made in Flanders
Material: boxwood; silver
Copyright: Photo: © Trustees of the British Museum
Acquisition: Bequeathed by Rothschild, Ferdinand Anselm

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