IONA - A SCOTTISH PROVINCIAL NUNNERY CROSS PENDANT
ALEXANDER RITCHIE
Auction: Day 2: Thursday 21 August - Lots 297 - end
Description
marked, A.R. IONA, Glasgow 1930, the cross cast and chased with Celtic knot design; together with a letter from Alexander Ritchie (2)
Dimensions
7cm long (including bale)
Footnote
Literature: MacArthur, Mairi E. 'Iona Celtic Art', Iona 2003, p. 38 where a similar cross is illustrated.
Note: Ritchie based this design on a similar long-shafted cross design found on a slab in the Nunnery at Iona.