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40 A RARE GEORGE III IRISH VOLUNTEERS PRESENTATION SABRE TO COLONEL CHARLES VEREKER, THE “HERO OF COLLOONEYawarded by the Grateful Citizens and Corporation of Limerick for his defeat of French Troops under the command of General Humbert at the Battle of Colloo-
ney 5th September 1798.
The 1803 Patton Sabre by Rundell, Bridge & Rundell with a Solingen blade by J.J. Runkel, blue and gilt with military trophies, the silver gilt stirrup hilt in the
form of an entwined snake with a lion mask pommel, the grip moulded in low relief depicting the labours of Hercules within leaf garlands, the metal scabbard
etched and decorated with applied military trophies, one with the engraved arms of the City of Limerick and the reverse inscribed ‘The Grateful Corporation and
Citizens of Limerick to the Hero of Collooney’.
The hallmarks London 1803, makers mark of Richard Teed (1757-1816) who was active in London from 1784 until his death in 1816 and is known as a sword
maker, jeweller and supplier. He was a prolific maker and he is most famous for his production of the Lloyds Patriotic Fund swords, a commission he won short-
ly after the Fund’s inauguration in 1804.
€ 30,000 - 40,000