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First photo is a rosary of cedar wood (I believe) beads from around 1900. Probably made for pilgrims to Rome, since the Stanhope viewer (check out Wikipedia for the details on Stanhope's invention) has an image of Leo XIII, who was the Pope from 1878 - 1903. The smaller beads are 7 - 7.5 mm diameter. I bought these beads from a poor picture on-line, with the expectation they were Bakelite beads as advertised. Since the rosary was not that expensive I kept it despite the mis-rep. Of course if I had known there was an image of Leo XIII I would have also known the beads could not have been Bakelite or other PF since the earliest production of PF was 1910. Second photo is a brand new (October 2016) Islamic prayer strand, made of PF (phenolic resin) beads. The PF stock was made in Thailand, the beads were made in Egypt, and the seller was in India. Beads are about 13 mm diameter. There are many prayer strands made from new PF for sale on eBay - most are listed as Bakelite beads. Some are listed as antique. Floor found a shop in Istanbul that was making PF beads from vintage stock, so possibly new prayer strands from old stock are represented as well. Caveat emptor! All rights reserved by Bead Collector Network and its users |
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