A GEORGE II IRISH SILVER FISH SLICE, Dublin, 1747, maker's mark lacking, with feather edged 'marrow scoop' handle, with shaped oval cartouche engraved with crest, within scrolls and trailing foliage, with trefoil openwork join tot he pointed oval blade, the blade center with asymmetrical cartouche, engraved with same crest, flanked by paired parrots and pierced overlapping foliate scrolls and blossoms--12¼in. (30.4cm.) long, 3.5oz. | Christie's

Lot 317

317

A GEORGE II IRISH SILVER FISH SLICE, Dublin, 1747, maker's mark lacking, with feather edged 'marrow scoop' handle, with shaped oval cartouche engraved with crest, within scrolls and trailing foliage, with trefoil openwork join tot he pointed oval blade, the blade center with asymmetrical cartouche, engraved with same crest, flanked by paired parrots and pierced overlapping foliate scrolls and blossoms--12¼in. (30.4cm.) long, 3.5oz.

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A GEORGE II IRISH SILVER FISH SLICE, Dublin, 1747, maker's mark lacking, with feather edged 'marrow scoop' handle, with shaped oval cartouche engraved with crest, within scrolls and trailing foliage, with trefoil openwork join tot he pointed oval blade, the blade center with asymmetrical cartouche, engraved with same crest, flanked by paired parrots and pierced overlapping foliate scrolls and blossoms--12¼in. (30.4cm.) long, 3.5oz.

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Lot Essay

For a conforming handle and a similar blade by Wm. Bond, Dublin, 1770, see B.S. Rabinovitch, Antique Silver Servers for the Dining Table, page 68., no 42.

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