Adam's THE LIBRARY COLLECTION 26th April 2022

185 www.adams.ie The Library Collection | 26 th April 2022 316 AN IRISH PROVINCIAL SILVER TWO HANDLED LOVING CUP, Cork c.1775, by John Warner, with acanthus leaf capped scrolling handles, central girdle, on stepped circular foot, (c.13 ozs). 18cm diameter over handles x 14cm high € 1,400 - 1,800 317 A GEORGE III SILVER TWIN HANDLE PRESENTATION CUP AND COVER, London c.1803, makers mark of Robert Hennell I & Samuel Hennell, the domed lid with urn finial and band of bright-cut engraving, the urn shaped body with band of foliate bright-cut decoration and en graved with wreaths to either side, on wreath containing a crest, the other containing an inscription “Present ed by the Non Com- md Officers & Privates of the 2nd Regt MLVJ to George Reid Esq, their Captain as a Testimony of Respect & esteem for him as an Officer & a Gentleman 1808” raised on a stepped circular foot (c.33 troy ozs) 30.5cm high € 700 - 1,000 315 A PAIR OF IRISH GEORGE III SILVER DESK CANDLESTICKS, Dublin, lacking date and makers mark, each with foliate cast detachable drip pans the plain sconces on knopped column supports and stepped circular spreading foot. (c.28.5troy ozs). 21cm tall € 1,500 – 2,000