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<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><strong>Made from Solid Sterling Silver. It was Individually hand-crafted by a Silversmith in Ireland and is hallmarked 925. Guaranteed Quality.</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><strong>Band Width: </strong>4mm</span></p> <p><strong style="color: #ff6600; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Retail Value: $84.99</strong></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Meaning of Design</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><strong>Ardagh Chalice: </strong><em>Ranks with the Book Of Kells as one of the finest known works of Celtic art, is thought to have been made in the 9th century AD. A large, two-handled silver cup, decorated with gold, gilt bronze, brass, lead pewter and enamel, assembled from 354 separate pieces. The names of the apostles are incised in a frieze around the bowl, below a girdle bearing inset gold wirework panels of animals, birds, and geometric interlace. Techniques used include hammering, engraving, Lost-wax casting, filigree applique, cloisonne and enameling. It was found in 1868, together with a small bronze cup and four brooches, by two boys, Jim Quin and Paddy Flanagan, digging in a potato field on the south-western side of a rath (ring fort) called Reerasta, beside the village of Ardagh, County Limerick, Ireland. It had a bronze cup within it, and four ornate brooches (fibulae). Buried without the least protection as they were, the pieces must have been interred in a hurry, probably temporarily, as the owner probably intended to return for them at a later time.</em></span></p>