A COLLECTION OF ECCLESIATICAL SILVER, MOSTLY ATTRIBUTED TO GALWAY, 18TH CENTURY

LUGGALA, PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE HON. GARECH BROWNE

A COLLECTION OF ECCLESIATICAL SILVER, MOSTLY ATTRIBUTED TO GALWAY, 18TH CENTURY

comprising: a silver crucifix, maker's mark R.R only, attributed to Galway, mid-18th century, 8.6cm., 3 7/8 in. long; a larger example, unmarked, attributed to Galway, mid-18th century, 11.4cm., 4 1/2 in. long; a silver reliquary cross, unmarked, possibly Irish, late-17th century, engraved with Christ on the cross to one-side and Jacob's Ladder to the other, 7.6cm., 3in., long; a Celtic silver crucifix, unmarked, probably 19th century, 8.9cm., 3 1/2 in. long; and another silver reliquary, probably European, circa 1680, oval, engraved to the front with the Sacrificial Lamb and The Crucifiction to the rear