Iona Abbey from the south, with the
Isle of Mull and Ben More in the background







Very attractive pierced silver brooch by Alexander Ritchie, with a foliate design taken from McKinnon's cross shaft on Iona. A scarce brooch, and a fine example of Ritchie's design skill. Hallmarked for Glasgow 1928 with AR IONA and also the AR 'spectacle mark'. If you look under Iain MacCormick on this website, you can see a dark blue enamel and silver stylised version of this design, c.1948-50, continued by MacCormick after Alex Ritchie's death.





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