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

170 AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY SILVER-GILT AND AGATE MOUNTED SNUFF BOX, DUBLIN C.1830,

mark of Edmd. Johnson, of octagonal form, with cast foliate engraved rim. 5.5 x 6cm

€ 700 - 1,200

1835:Quaker entrepreneur Charles Bewley lands an unprecedented cargo of 2,000 chests of tea shipped directly from China to Dub-

lin,thereby breaking the East India Company’s monopoly in the commodity.

171 A CONTINENTAL WHITE METAL AND MOTHER OF PEARL FLAT OVAL SNUFF BOX,

early 19th century, apparently unmarked, with raised oval integral hinged lid. 7.5cm wide

€ 100 - 200