Bidspirit auction | Two Vintage Catholic Rosaries with

Two Vintage Catholic Rosaries with Mother-of-Pearl and Purple Glass Beads - A lot of two vintage five-decade rosaries. The first is a large example featuring iridescent cream-coloured mother-of-pearl beads linked by a silver-toned metal wire chain. This piece is adorned with several devotional and pilgrimage medals, including a scalloped medal depicting Saint John Bosco (marked BOSCO), a square Jerusalem cross medal (marked SALEM), a circular Madonna and Child medal, and a shield-shaped medal depicting two figures. The crucifix is constructed from mother-of-pearl with a pinned silver-toned corpus. The second rosary features small, translucent purple glass beads on a silver-toned wire chain, joined by a heart-shaped centrepiece and terminating in a decorative flared crucifix. No hallmarks are visible on the metal elements. Mother-of-pearl beads: 8mm-10mm diameter Crucifix: 50mm-60mm length Purple glass beads: 4mm-5mm diameter.