Vintage Bronze Scallop Shell Rosary Center, St. James
Product Details
The Vintage Bronze Scallop Shell Rosary Center is cut to the shape of a single ribbed scallop, its flutes fanning out from a hinge at the top where a small fleur-de-lis is laid across. There is no figure on it at all; the shell alone carries the meaning, and it is a simple, sculptural thing to find at the join of a strand of beads.
The scallop has been the badge of Santiago de Compostela since the Middle Ages, carried home by pilgrims who had walked to the shrine of Saint James and painted along the Camino to this day to mark the way. On a rosary it makes a quiet claim, that the prayer of the beads is itself a road walked one step at a time, decade after decade. It is a natural center for a pilgrim's rosary, or for anyone with the Camino in mind.
The rosary center was faithfully reproduced from an antique original and cast in the USA using a traditional fine-detail casting process that preserves its vintage character.
- Made in the USA
- Artisan-cast from an antique original
- Finished by hand, so every piece is subtly unique.
- Buy the medal alone, or add an optional chain or cord necklace
- Add a cord or chain to have it arrive assembled and ready to wear
- Arrives in a deluxe velour jewelry box
Product Details
The Vintage Bronze Scallop Shell Rosary Center is cut to the shape of a single ribbed scallop, its flutes fanning out from a hinge at the top where a small fleur-de-lis is laid across. There is no figure on it at all; the shell alone carries the meaning, and it is a simple, sculptural thing to find at the join of a strand of beads.
The scallop has been the badge of Santiago de Compostela since the Middle Ages, carried home by pilgrims who had walked to the shrine of Saint James and painted along the Camino to this day to mark the way. On a rosary it makes a quiet claim, that the prayer of the beads is itself a road walked one step at a time, decade after decade. It is a natural center for a pilgrim's rosary, or for anyone with the Camino in mind.
The rosary center was faithfully reproduced from an antique original and cast in the USA using a traditional fine-detail casting process that preserves its vintage character.
- Made in the USA
- Artisan-cast from an antique original
- Finished by hand, so every piece is subtly unique.
- Buy the medal alone, or add an optional chain or cord necklace
- Add a cord or chain to have it arrive assembled and ready to wear
- Arrives in a deluxe velour jewelry box
