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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Silver from the Collection of Jimmy Weldon

129 A PAIR OF IRISH GEORGE III BRIGHT CUT BASTING SPOONS, DUBLIN 1784,

mark of John Shields, with pointed terminals, crested, the reverse

inscribed “CRM”, (c.217g all in). 30.5cm long. (2)

€ 600 - 800

1784:ElizabethThible is the first woman to ride in a hot air balloon,at

Lyon,France.

128 A PAIR OF IRISH PROVINCIAL HUNTING BUTTONS, LIMERICK C. 1780,

mark of George Moore, each engraved with initials “GF”, with

chased decoration and contained within a narrow engraved border.

c.29mm diameter. (2)

Provenance:The Collection of the Late Dr KurtTicher

€ 800 - 1,200

1780:An Anti-Catholic mob led by Lord George Gordon marches on the

Parliament of Great Britain leading to the outbreak of the Gordon Riots in

London.