ADAM'S THE LIBRARY COLLECTION 29th April 2025

88 145 A PAIR OF GEORGE II SILVER DESK CANDLESTICKS, London c.1745, lacking maker’s mark, with knopped and foliate cast stems, raised on square stepped cast bases (c.27 troy ozs in all). Each 18.5cm high € 4,000 - 5,000 144 A VICTORIAN SILVER ROYAL DUBLIN SOCIETY PRESENTATION BOWL FOR HUGH M. TUITE ESQ. London, c.1869, mark of George Fox, of circular form, with twin masked carrying handles, the openwork body applied with six silver Royal Dublin Society Medallions commemorating various prizes from agricultural shows including ‘Royal Dublin Society For the Best Short Haired Ox 3 year old, 1834’; ‘Royal Dublin Society Cattle Shew [sic] For the Best Kerry Fat Cow, 1845’; ‘Show of Farm Products For the Best Pen of Short Wooled Sheep of any age, 1858’ x2; ‘Winter Show of Fat Stock, 1859, Best Pen of Three Long Wooled Wedders of any age’; ‘Winter Show of Fat Stock, 1859, Best Pen of Six Short Wooled Sheep of any age’, with clear glass liner, (29.8 troy ozs excl. liner). 28.5cm wide across handles, 11cm high € 700 - 1,000