Agathe Rosary Pius IX Mary Christine De Saxe Savoy Turin XIX Century

Rosary composed of ribbon agate balls finished with a medal representing Pope Pius IX  with traces of gilding. The rosary comes in its case. An old explanatory note recalls that the rosary was a gift from the Pope to Queen Maria Christina of Saxony.

In fact, Maria Christina of Saxony was Princess Carignano, mother of King Carlo Alberto of Savoy. Born in Dresden in 1770, she married Charles Emmanuel of Savoy-Carignano in 1797 and settled in Turin. Here, he did not have an easy life at court because of his interest in the Enlightenment. Widowed in 1800, she married Count Thibault de Montléar eight years later. She was then buried in Turin in the Basilica of Superga in 1851.

Dimensions of the box cms 20.5x10.5