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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 1594517, member: 2844&quot;]Maven, I do believe yours is antique, and could have been made in Germany.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is one of my rosaries, made in Schwäbisch Gmünd in southern Germany.</p><p>The silver filigree beads date from ca 1800-1840, the base metal crucifix could be slightly later, but definitely 19th century. No skull and crossbones, but the same style as yours.</p><p>The skull and crossbones symbolize Calvary, btw, the place of the skulls.</p><p>I think the black inlay on mine is gutta percha, and it looks like the inlay on yours is gutta percha too. They also used bog oak, which was found near Schwäbisch Gmünd.</p><p>The red thread means this rosary belonged to an unmarried girl. It is a short rosary, five decades (sets of 10 small beads in between larger beads).</p><p><br /></p><p>The silver filigree rosette-shaped rosary box is also antique German, possibly also made in Schwäbisch Gmünd.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]231722[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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