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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 4572728, member: 2844"]The crucifix looks like the ones made in Schwäbisch Gmünd, southern Germany, in the 19th-early 20th century and inlaid with local bogwood. They were exported to other RC regions.</p><p>The wear on the crucifix looks consistent with that age. The beads could be later. And maybe varnished? I have seen quite a few rosaries where the cross was older, maybe added for sentimental reasons.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm so lapsed it's MCM.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie75" alt=":playful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I also have both my grandmothers' rosaries, and my mother's.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 4572728, member: 2844"]The crucifix looks like the ones made in Schwäbisch Gmünd, southern Germany, in the 19th-early 20th century and inlaid with local bogwood. They were exported to other RC regions. The wear on the crucifix looks consistent with that age. The beads could be later. And maybe varnished? I have seen quite a few rosaries where the cross was older, maybe added for sentimental reasons. I'm so lapsed it's MCM.:playful: I also have both my grandmothers' rosaries, and my mother's.[/QUOTE]
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