ADAM'S - SILVER FROM THE COLLECTION OF JIMMY WELDON May 16th 2017 (Click Lot title for more images and to Place Bid)

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mark of Robert Breading, retailed by Clarke &West, the out-turned gadrooned rim applied with opposing reeded carrying handles, the
plain central reserve inscribed “On a Requisition from the Court of D’Oyer hundred to the Mayor,Sheriffs,& Common Council,of the City of Cork
to confer a Mark of Public approbation upon the Conduct of Charles Evanson,Esqr.late Mayor of the City.It was ordered by the Council,and confirmed
at a Court D’Oyer hundred held the 11th day of December 1805 that a Service of Plate of theValue ofTwo Hundred Pounds should be purchased for and
presented to him as a LastingTestimonial of the high sense entertained by the Court of the Dignified,Faithful,and Honorable Manner,in which he dis-
charged the duties of his office.Rowland Morrison,Mayor,Richd.Neville Parker,Richd.Maguire,Sheriffs,Wm.Jameson Junr.,Com:Speaker.” , (c.3079g).
63cm wide over handles
€ 4,000 - 6,000
The Court of D’Oyer Hundred [was] an assemblage of all the members of the corporation [mayor, burgesses, bailiffs and other free-
men, sheriffs, clerks, etc.] and excercis[ed] the right of admitting freemen, disposing of the corporation property, and performing all
other corporate acts except the election of officers.
ATopographical Dictionary of Ireland,Samuel Lewis,2nd Ed.Vol II,p728.