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LOT 2279
Georgian Silver Christian 'To You Lord I Lift Up My Soul' Triskele Ring
18TH-19TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 in. (12.5 grams, 29.44 mm overall, 21.23 mm internal diameter (approximate size British X, USA 11 1/2, Europe 26.29, Japan 25)).
Flat-section hoop with inner sleeve; voided cross to each shoulder and incised blackletter script legend 'AD TE LEVAVI ANIMAM MEAM' ('To You Lord I Lift Up My Soul'); discoid bezel with beaded rim, high-relief triskele of bent legs with mask to the centre. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex Arundel, East Sussex, UK, private collection, 1970s-2000.
Footnotes
The text is the intro from the first Sunday of Advent. The triskele with central gorgoneion is the heraldic badge of the island of Sicily.
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LOT 2279
Georgian Silver Christian 'To You Lord I Lift Up My Soul' Triskele Ring
Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
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