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Sunday Interiors
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Sunday 8
th
March 2015 at 11.00am
50
AN IRISH SILVER-GILT PRESENTATION TROWEL,
Dublin 1792, with bright-cut rim and an engraved coat of arms to one side and an
engraving of a bridge to the other, inscribed Annesley Bridge erected by the Right
Honble. and Honble. the Trustees for Improving the Roads leading from Dublin
to Malahide, Raheny, Clontarf, etc., the first stone was laid by the HONble.
Richard Annesley on the 25th day of July in the year of our Lord MDCCXCII
and in the 33rd year in the reign of his Majesty George the III d. Rich Evans Esq.
Engineer”, with faceted stained green ivory handle. 38cm long
Note, for the companion trowel, by John Keating see Irish Silver 1630-1820 (ROSC
‘71) no.260
Provenance: The former collection of Dr. Kurt Ticher
€6000 - 8000