Royal and Noble
Royal and Noble
LUGGALA, PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE HON. GARECH BROWNE
Auction Closed
January 21, 06:17 PM GMT
Estimate
2,500 - 4,500 GBP
Lot Details
Description
LUGGALA, PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE HON. GARECH BROWNE
CLADDAGH RING, THOMAS MEADE, KINSALE OR GALWAY, CIRCA 1700
Size P1/2, inscribed ACM, maker’s mark T. Meade.
Ida Dellamer, ‘The Claddagh Ring’, Irish Arts Review, vol 12, 1996, which mentions the present two rings by Thomas Meade, one ‘marked T.Meade’, and another ‘with the punch “T.M” struck twice’, as being among the four earliest datable rings of the Claddagh type, from around 1700.
