A wooden bead and black metal rosary circa 1915.
Category
Objets de vertu
Date
1915
Materials
Metal, Wood
Measurements
625 mm (Length)
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Smallhythe Place, Kent
NT 1119128
Summary
A wooden bead and black metal rosary circa 1915 suspending below a metal crucifix.
Full description
Worn by Ellen Terry in her role as the Nurse in Romeo and Juliet in 1919. Report by John Benjamin Honorary Jewellery Advisor August 2021.
Provenance
Believed to have been owned by or given to Ellen Terry (1847-1928) or her daughter Edith Craig (1869-1947) and came to the National Trust in 1939 when Edith Craig transferred Smallhythe Place (including buildings, land and contents) to the Trust.
Credit line
National Trust (Smallhythe Place)