Lot 292
  • 292

An Irish Silver Bowl, Spoon Tray, Counter Dish and Funnel, Dublin, 18th century

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • bowl by Charles Townsend, Dublin, 1770; spoon tray by David King, 1706, base with scratch weight 3=18; counter dish stamped with maker's mark IW possibly for John Wilme, 1752-54, underside with scratch weight 4=17 1/2 ; funnel by Robert Calderwood, 1752-74
  • silver
  • diameter of bowl 6 1/2 in.
  • 16.5cm

Provenance

Counter dish and funnel: James Robinson, New York.

Counter dish: The arms are those of a widow, née Conyngham, in a lozenge.

Condition

bowl with some rubbing to marks, funnel good, spoon tray with rubbed marks, later crest, fluting restored?; dish with rubbed arms and marks but good color
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