IONA - A SCOTTISH PROVINCIAL CELTIC CARVED WOODEN CROSS
ALEXANDER RITCHIE,
£450
Scottish Silver & Applied Arts
Auction: 17 August 2016 from 12:00 BST
Description
the carved oak standing St Martin's cross on stepped plinth inscribed IONA; together with a silver example on an Iona marble base by McGillvary & Sons marked IONA, Glasgow 1923, McG&S and a Celtic annular brooch marked MG, MULL, SILVER, CA (3)
Dimensions
Wooden cross 26cm high
Footnote
Note:
For an example of this carved wooden cross signed 'AR IONA 1900' see 'Iona Celtic Art, the work of Alexander and Euphemia Ritchie' by E. Mairi MacArthur, plate 6d