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

Silver from the Collection of Jimmy Weldon

mark of William and/or JosephWall, the reverse of terminal inscribed with initials “DRM”, with rat tail bowl, (c.46g).

19.25cm

Provenance:This is believed to have been made for the Daunt family of Cork

€ 8,000 - 12,000

In 1733, the names of Joseph andWilliamWall of Kinsale occur in the records of the Dublin Goldsmiths’ Company

with reference to plate sent by them to Dublin to be assayed. JosephWall mentioned 1712, died 1734.WilliamWall

mentioned 1721, died 1736. (Jackson’s, 2009 p734)

JosephWall, Goldsmith and Silversmith; paid for making the Kinsale punch bowl in 1712, and several times thereafter

for making freedom boxes, latest in 1745.The maker’s markW in a heart-shaped punch is struck on the Kinsale punch

bowl.A MrWall of Kinsale, probably Joseph, submitted a parcel of 80 oz to the Dublin Assay Office on 12 June 1733.

(Bowen and O’Brien, 2005 p187)

WilliamWall, Goldsmith, married Ann Purzer of Kinsale on 4 January 1721, Caleb Rotheram, Cork Goldsmith, being

a surety;WilliamWall’s will probated 1736.The precise connection between Joseph andWilliamWall has not been

established. (Bowen and O’Brien, 2005 p187)

1712:Bridge built over the River Bann at Banbridge.