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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mark of Richard Garde, the hinged lid engraved with the City of Cork coat of arms surmounted by
inscription“Statio Bene Fida Carinis” and contained within a border of heavily chased and engraved foliate
decoration, the base inscribed “The Freedom at Large of the City of Cork,was unanimously voted by the Mayor,
Sheriffs,and common Council to Robt.Plampin,Admiral.Commanding on this Station.Aug 10th 1825” and listing
signatures of voters, with gilt interior, (c.108.8g). 5.5 x 7.5cm
€ 4,000 - 6,000
1821:Newly crowned King George IV lands at Howth and becomes the first monarch to pay a state visit to Ireland since
the fourteenth century.