Lot 238
  • 238

An Irish silver dish ring, possibly Cork, circa 1760

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • apparently unmarked
  • silver
  • diameter 7 3/8 in.
  • 18.7 cm
pierced with rocaille, a wolf facing a serpent, and a swan preening itself, engraved with crest

Provenance

The Antique Shop Ltd., Cork, 1967

Condition

base rim and piercing with numerous repairs, a few splits to piercing, base rim also with dents, crest probably later, otherwise good condition
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