Lot 259
IONA - A SCOTTISH PROVINCIAL BROOCH
ALEXANDER RITCHIE, GLASGOW 1929
Auction: Day Two | Thursday 20 August from 10am | Lots 199 - 555
Description
Of unusual crescent and V rod form with arched and swirl motifs; together with an enamel set nautical brooch, with longboats on blue enamelled ground, stamped A.R. IONA (2)
Dimensions
3cm wide, 2.5cm diameter, 15g (combined)
Footnote
Literature: MacArthur, Mhairi E 'Iona Celtic Art: The Work of Alexander and Euphemia Ritchie', Iona 2003, p.40, pl. 8d for a similar example of the enamel brooch and pg. 45, pl. 11b