Pendant, Religious

Object Name:

Pendant, Religious

Object ID:

2017.014.113

Creator:

Instrument Make

Date:

1850-1870

Description:

Rosary. Wooden beads on metal chain, with metal crucifix pendant. Majority of beads are smooth barrel shaped, with chain running through top and bottom. Five are round and decoratively carved. Crucifix has Christ pinned to cross at hands and feet. Ends of chain fixed into loop by a metal triangle with round sides and a highly stylized letter M on both sides. With note: "NOT EPISCOPALIAN / Rosary Beads / ETHEL WAS / EPISCOPALIAN".

Material:

Wood
Metal

Dimensions:

H-0.3 W-0.8 L-18.3 inches

Provenance:

Part of the Ethel Cilley Stone Collection, consisting of objects, documents, photographs, and memorabilia related to James Stone (1780-1874) and his wife Mary East Beard Stone (1791-1875) of Dunbarton; their son Captain Andrew J. Stone (1828-1864) of Dunbarton, California, etc.; Wesley Page Stone (1833-1916) and his wife Alice Patten Cilley (1849-1934) of Dunbarton; and their daughter, schoolteacher and family historian Ethel Cilley Stone (1884-1981) of Dunbarton and Goffstown.

The collection descended to Ethel Cilley Stone. After her death, the bulk of her estate passed to her minister, Rev. Graham T. Rowley (1932-2012) of Goffstown, then to his children, the donors.

Credit Line:

Gift of Daniel T. Rowley and Elizabeth A. Rowley

People:

Stone, Ethel Cilley (1884-1981)

Subjects:

Pendants (Jewelry), Religion, Religious art objects, Crucifixes