MARK OF WILLIAM HAMY, DUBLIN, 1802, 22 CARAT

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A GEORGE III IRISH GOLD FREEDOM BOX
Mark of William Hamy, Dublin, 1802, 22 carat
Rectangular with rounded corners, the hinged cover finely engraved with the coat-of arms and motto for the city of Waterford and the coat-of-arms and motto of the Hardwicke family within berried laurel, shamrock and husk swags, the base engraved with a presentation inscription, marked inside base and cover and on bezel of lower body with incuse marks WH, harp and 22
2 7/8 in. (73 mm.) wide
4 oz. (129 gr.)
The inscription on the base reads 'The Freedom of the CITY OF WATERFORD with this Gold Box was on the first day of Sept.r 1802 in the Mayoralty of Sam.l Morgan Esq.r Unanimously Voted to his Excellency Philip Earl of Harwicke Lord Lieu.t General and Gen.l Governor of Ireland'.

Provenance

Philip Yorke, 3rd Earl of Hardwicke and thence by descent.

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Lot Essay

Philip Yorke (1757-1834) was educated at Cambridge and represented the county in parliament until his accession to the peerage as the third Earl of Hardwicke. He became lord-lieutenant of Ireland under Wiliam Pitt the Younger (1783-1801 and 1804-06) and served under Henry Addington (1801-04). On 23 April 1805 York received the insignia at Dublin Castle, having been elected Knight of the Garter two years earlier. On Pitt's death and the subsequent formation of a new assembly, Yorke was replaced by the sixth Duke of Bedford.

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