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An Irish Silver-Gilt Salver, John Sherwin, Dublin, 1805

No reserve

Auction Closed

June 18, 05:01 PM GMT

Estimate

2,500 - 3,500 USD

Lot Details

Description

openwork grapevine border, engraved with coat of arms under earl's coronet, satyr mask feet, marked on base


30 oz 15 dwt

958 g

Diameter 11 in.

28 cm

Sotheby’s London 1 November 1990, lot 218


Woolley & Wallis, Salisbury, 28 April 2010, lot 1007

The arms are those of Maxwell for John James Maxwell. Earl of Farnham, Viscount Farnham and Baron Farnham, 1759-1823, MP for Co. Cavan 1779-83 and 1793-1800, Representative Peer (Ireland) 1816-23, married in 1784 Grace, daughter of Thomas Cuffe of Grange, Co. Kilkenny.