09-13-201109-13-2011
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2561BBoston
September 13, 2011 10:00 AMCalender
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Antique Celtic-style Gold and Garnet Pendant/Brooch

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Auction: Fine Jewelry - 2561BLocation: BostonDate / Time: September 13, 2011 10:00AM

Description:

Antique Celtic-style Gold and Garnet Pendant/Brooch, Scotland, designed as a quatrefoil with long-billed birds with rose-cut diamond eyes, centering a cabochon garnet, reverse inscribed "Kildonan 1869/R. Naughten/Inverness/From Celtic Brooch/Cadboll 1869," lg. 1 5/8 in., with British registry mark.

Note: This brooch is based on the quatrefoil-form extremities of the large penannular Cadboll brooch, 8th/9th century, which is pictured and described in Scottish Gold and Silver Work, by Ian Finlay, p. 15, plate 6.
Estimate $1,500-2,000

Keywords

Antique Celtic-style Gold, Garnet Pendant, Scotland, Gold Pendant, Ian Finlay