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Silver from the Collection of Jimmy Weldon
96 AN IRISH GEORGE III FREEDOM BOX OF OCTAGONAL FORM,hallmarks for Dublin 1803, mark of James Keating, the top with a border of bright cut foliate decoration and integral hinged lid
engraved with the Dublin Guild of Merchants coat of arms, the panelled sides also with bright cut decoration, the base inscribed
“Michaelmas Quarter 1799The Guild of MerchantsVoted this Box accompanied with a suitable Addrefs to Fred Darley Esqr.late High Sheriff of the
City of Dublin as a Mark of their Esteem for his Spirited & Exemplary Conduct in that of Important Office”
and inscribed with signatures of the
Masters andWardens, with gilt interior, (c.105g). 8 x 5.5cm
Fred Darley was Lord Mayor of Dublin 1808-09. He married Elizabeth Guinness, sister of Arthur Guinness II.
€ 4,000 - 6,000
1799:On 15th February 1799 the rebel guerilla leader Michael Dwyer escapes from a gun battle with British troops at Miley Connell’s cottage,
Dernamuck,in the Glen of Imaal,Wicklow.
On July 15th,the same year,the Rosetta Stone is found in the Egyptian village of Rosetta by French Captain Pierre-François Bouchard during
Napoleon’s Egyptian Campaign.