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Royal and Noble

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

CLADDAGH RING, THOMAS MEADE, KINSALE OR GALWAY, CIRCA 1700

Auction Closed

January 21, 06:17 PM GMT

Estimate

2,500 - 4,500 GBP

Lot Details

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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.