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Silver from the Collection of Jimmy Weldon
10 AN IRISH REGENCY SILVER-GILT GRAPE SCISSORS, DUBLIN 1815,mark of Jas. Scott, the bound reeded scissors with fruiting vine
terminals and beaded handles, (c.108g). 18cm long
€ 500 - 700
11 A CASED SET OF SIX SCOTTISH GEORGE III BERRY SPOONS AND TWO SIMILAR SCOTTISH GEORGE II SIFTER SPOONS IN FITTED CASE, EDINBURGH 1798,mark of Francis Howden, the sifter spoons Glasgow 1846, mark of John Murray, all spoons with repoussé, chased and
engraved pineapple and grape motif to the gilt bowl, the handles all with corresponding engraving and terminals crest-
ed, (c.497.6g all in).The berry spoons 22cm long, the sifter spoons 17cm. (8)
€ 400 - 600
1798:The Irish Rebellion of 1798 (May to September).Influenced by the ideas of the American and French revolutions,The United
Irishmen,a republican revolutionary group,rose up against British rule in Ireland.