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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147 A SET OF SIX IRISH PROVINCIAL FIDDLE PATTERN TEA SPOONS, CORK C.1810,

crested, (c.77.7g). 13.75cm. (6)

€ 200 - 300

1810: English inventor Peter Durand patents theTin Can as a means to create an air-tight container for the distribution or storage of

food,although it would take a further sixty years for a can opener to be invented.