A GEORGE III IRISH GOLD PRESENTATION BOX

BY EDWARD MURRAY (FL. 1812-1853), MARKED, DUBLIN, 1817, ALSO STRUCK WITH THE RETAILER'S MARK OF WEST

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A GEORGE III IRISH GOLD PRESENTATION BOX
BY EDWARD MURRAY (FL. 1812-1853), MARKED, DUBLIN, 1817, ALSO STRUCK WITH THE RETAILER'S MARK OF WEST
circular box, the independent cover engraved with a coat-of-arms within an applied border chased with floral scrollwork, the base engraved with the arms of Trinity College, Dublin, the sides with narrow reeded borders
3 in. (75 mm.) diam.
3½ oz. (107 gr.)
The arms are those of Charles Chetwynd-Talbot, 2nd Earl Talbot (1777-1849), and motto 'Humani Nihil Alienum' ('Nothing Human is alien to me')

Provenance

The Rt. Hon. the Earl of Shrewsbury and Waterford; Sotheby's, London, 9 December 1976, lot 95.
Sotheby's, London, 7 March 1983, lot 145.

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Lot Essay

Charles Chetwynd-Talbot, 2nd Earl Talbot of Hensol (1777-1849), was the son of the Hon. John Talbot and his wife Charlotte, Countess Talbot. Following several years as a voluntary attaché at the British embassy in Moscow, he returned to England in 1800 to devote himself to his estates and the development of agriculture. He was appointed Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland by Sir Robert Peel in 1817 and served in this role until 1821. In recognition of services to the agriculture of Ireland he was awarded the Freedom of Drogheda and was appointed a Knight of St Patrick.

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