拍品 321
321
A GEORGE II IRISH SILVER DISH RING

细节
A GEORGE II IRISH SILVER DISH RING
DUBLIN, 1739, MAKER'S MARK OF WILLIAM WALSH

OF WAISTED CIRCULAR FORM, THE SIDES WITH ELABORATE OPENWORK ACANTHUS SCROLLS AND BIRDS ENCLOSING PASTORAL SCENES AND AN ASYMMETRICAL CARTOUCHE LATER ENGRAVED WITH A CYPHER AND CORONET, MARKED ON RIM--7 3/8IN. (18.6CM.) DIAM.
(12 OZ.)

拍品专文

THE EARLIEST KNOWN IRISH DISH RING DATES FROM 1732. IT IS MADE OF WIRE, HOWEVER, AND IT IS NOT UNTIL ABOUT 1740 THAT THE MORE TRADITIONAL TYPE OF DISH RING APPEARS, WITH PIERCED AND CHASED DECORATION. SEVERAL BY JOHN HAMILTON ARE KNOWN (THERE IS ONE IN THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF IRELAND) ALTHOUGH THE PRESENT EXAMPLE WOULD APPEAR TO BE ONE OF THE EARLIEST TO INCLUDE PASTORAL SCENES.