Adam's The Irish Library Wednesday 17th April 2019

26 31 AN IRISH GEORGE III SILVER REGIMENTAL CIRCULAR SUGAR BOWL, Dublin c.1780, maker’s mark of John Locker, later LQVFULEHG WR WKH 2ɝFHUV RI WKH WK .LQJȇV 5R\DO ΖULVK Hussars by Mrs. Davidson ‘as a mark of her regard for the regiment on the termination of her husband’s period of command, 19th Oct 1897’. 13cm diameter (c.10 troy ozs). The 8th King’s Royal Irish Hussars was raised as a reg- iment in 1693, continuing until 1958, when it merged with the Queen’s Royal Irish Hussars. The regiment fa- mously took part in the Charge of the Light Brigade at %DODNODYD LQ OHG E\ DQ H[ RɝFHU RI WKH UHJLPHQW the Earl of Cardigan. Two years after the presentation of this bowl, the regiment left for the Boer War in South Africa. € 2,000 - 3,000 29 A SMALL IRISH SILVER SOLDIERS SUGAR BOX, Dublin c.1917, engraved with ‘Sugar - 1918’. 6cm tall € 200 - 300 30 A PAIR OF VICTORIAN SILVER AND GLASS INK POTS, Dublin c.1902, mark of Weir & Son, in the form of cut JODVV OLO\ ȵRZHUKHDGV RQ VLOYHU OLO\ SDG EDVHV 13 x 7cm tall € 800 - 1,200