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Lot 164

INTAGLIO PENDANT

26 November 2025, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

£1,500 - £2,000

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INTAGLIO PENDANT

To one side the carved bloodstone depicting a sword piercing a boar's head and inscribed 'DOMINUS SPES MEA' to verso the blazon of gules, two crosiers indorsed in saltire, length 4.5cm

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This is the armorial for John Joseph Clancy during his time as Bishop of Elphin 1895-1912. He was born at Sooey, County Sligo, and was ordained as a Roman Catholic priest in 1882. He first served as a teacher at Summerhill College in Sligo for five years before becoming Professor of English Literature at Maynooth College Oratory. The art of preaching was a particular skill of Clancy's and a separate Chair of Sacred Eloquence was created for him: his talents were sought for special occasions and, in 1895, he preached the sermon for the centenary of Maynooth.

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