Posted 8 years ago
timegoesby
(1 item)
this item is i believe of very historical signifance it comes from a time when irish silver could not be sent to england to be hallmarked and is known as cork silver
can anyone help me with my irish item | ||
| Sterling Silver Jewelry516 of 1039 |  |  |
Hello timegoesby,
Trey to make an better photo please than i am convinced that it is a beautifull item you got
Yes please, the photo is much too tiny.
Its a beauty
Thank you very much
do you know anything about it?
Timegoesby i am sorry i cannot tell you anything about this beautiful item.
But you can look by iris jewelry (cross)
You can trey it.
This is quite unique - I've never seen anything like it.
The Crowned Harp was used until 1926 on Irish coins.
But this item not only has a crowned harp. It combines the Crowned Lion Rampant as well as the Crowned Three Lions Passants Guardants.
It is really a synthetic portrayal of the shield of the Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom.
Normally the shield is quartered, depicting in the first and fourth quarters the three passant guardant lions of England; in the second, the rampant lion and double tressure flory-counterflory of Scotland; and in the third, a harp for Ireland.
Here the shape has Northern Ireland at the top, Scotland below and England and Wales at each side.
I'd say it is a contemporary Northern Irish Loyalist item.
Thanks everyone