1800s Antique Black Wood Beads Rosary-Old Medal Sacred Heart of Jesus/Mary

Description: Mid to late 1800's, this antique rosary shows its age and use. This is an old rosary made mostly in steel and of black wood beads. There is a very old medal featuring the Sacred Hearts of Mary and Jesus and would be made of bronze. This rosary has acquired all the signs of age and use and should just be appreciated for what it is. It took at least 150 years or more to have it current patina. Although bearing its signs of age and use, this rosary has been cleaned and conditioned ready for use. Old rosaries like this need a little bit of help to be useful for your everyday prayers. They need help because all parts made of steel have corroded over time and have stiffened. This rosary has soft movement after some basic cleaning and conditioning. Overtime, the metal parts will become shiny as you pray on it due to touch of fingers to these metal. If you purchase this rosary, a simple dab of small amount of baby oil on the tip of your fingers while praying will maintain your rosary. You can do that just at least once a year or longer, whenever you feel it needs it. There is a form of reverence on this religious item that it should be appreciated for its age and for what it represented. It has heard many prayers! Please study all the details on this antique rosary: Crucifix: is a tiny crucifix made of steel. I found this an unusual crucifix compared to very similar crucifix because both sides of this crucifix features Jesus only. Similar crucifixes features both Jesus on the crucifix while the other side features Mary praying or blessing. Sometimes similar crucifixes features Mary carrying the Child Jesus. This is a small crucifix at 22mm x 14mm. Beads: are made of painted black wood beads. The first Pater is a plain round bead. The other Paters are made of carved round beads. The Mater beads are smaller plain round beads. All beads are original to the rosary. Sizes: Paters-8mm; Maters: 6-7mm Links: are made of double-links made of steel. Where most old rosaries have lost some parts of the links, the links here are all original and complete. The links have also soften due to the conditioning given to it. Center Medal: is a small heart-shape center medal. It is an inverted medal, a characteristic of very old rosaries. The medal base is connected to the 5-decades of the rosary rather than the top part of the rosary. It is engraved with the bigger monogram of J (for Jesus) embracing the monogram M (for Mary). Medal: is a very old bronze medal featuring the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary on the other side. Some of the coppery red colour of the medal shows slightly on the edge of the medal. One side says in French: 'Sacre Couer de Jesus Ayez Pitie de Nous' (Sacred Heart of Jesus Have Mercy on Us). The other side features the Sacred Heart of Mary. It says: 'Coeur Très Sancte De Marie Priez Pour Nous' (Most Holy Heart of Mary Pray For Us). Length: 41.5 cm or 16 1/8 inches long59 beads ATTENTION 'INTERNATIONAL' BUYERS FOR NON-ROSARY ITEMS: (posted Feb 20, 2022) Due to this COVID pandemic, cheap postage (usually less than AUD 10.00 as shown on check-out) to international destination has been cancellled by Australia Post. Postage revisions are being made in this store to adjust to current charges but these revisions will take sometime.....so please bear with me. To make sure you have the right postage for any item, please contact by email before you buy to make sure that your postage is the correct one. Any excess postage is refunded. Thank you for your understanding! I will give a 10 % discount for a purchase of 3 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, 21mm to 30mm-medium, 31mm to 40mm-big, 41mm to 50mm-huge. Kindly ask if you want more or less of the listed button items.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.With the new system on ebay, you can now purchase 3 or more items and your invoice will be adjusted with the discount.Many thanks for your custom and for visiting this store. TERMS AND CONDITIONS: Please pay within 3 days of purchase. Purchased item will be mailed after payment is cleared. Payment 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 and may look worse than in reality. 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. A great deal of effort in packaging items to be sent and what happens to item while in transit is out of my control. This store offers the cheapest possible postage to deliver your item. For your benefit, I always combine postage. Any excess postage will also be refunded to your account. Items will be send registered upon request. For non-rosary items and for U.S. buyers, mail with tracking and signature is approximately AUD $ 30.00 at present. Cheaper postage is made available in this store to save money for the buyer. Buyer also understand and accept this risk upon purchase. A proof of mail and postage is happily submitted upon request. Seller, buyer and ebay all benefit with this offer of cheaper postage. Most buyers are honest and so far, all items purchased in this store have all been received locally and overseas. In cases of suspicious claims of non-delivery and non-receipt of purchase, this store will earmarked buyer and will be blocked for any future purchase when necessary. 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: 235 AUD

Location: Perth, WA

End Time: 2023-10-31T16:07:23.000Z

Shipping Cost: 10.11 AUD