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Silver from the Collection of Jimmy Weldon

118 A SET OF FOUR IRISH PROVINCIAL HANOVERIAN PATTERN TABLESPOONS, CORK C.1765,

mark of John Humphreys, crested, (c.233g). 20.5cm long. (4)

€ 400 - 600

John Humphreys, Goldsmith and Silversmith, mentioned 1773; noted as a £10 freeholder in

Parliamentary election 1783, gone 1787. (Bowen and O’Brien, 2005 pp180-186)

119 A FINE PAIR OF IRISH PROVINCIAL GEORGE III BRIGHT CUT BASTING SPOONS, CORK C.1780,

mark of Michael McDermott, with rounded star terminals, crested and also engraved

with initial “A”, (c.264g). 31.5cm long. (2)

€ 1,500 - 1,800