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A GEORGE III IRISH SILVER BRIGHT-CUT POINTED OLD ENGLISH PATTERN STRAINING SPOON, initialled, tied ribbon above, reverse engraved in script This belonged to Robert Weldon, Uncle of John T. Banks Esq MD --maker's mark of Michael Keating, Dublin, 1789, together with a pair of bright-cut engraved sugar-tongs--circa 1795, a basting spoon, pierced later with dotted band and added strainer flap, and a pair of basting spoons converted into a salad serving fork and spoon, a Victorian butter-spreader and a salt spoon--18oz. (7)
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A GEORGE III IRISH SILVER BRIGHT-CUT POINTED OLD ENGLISH PATTERN STRAINING SPOON, initialled, tied ribbon above, reverse engraved in script This belonged to Robert Weldon, Uncle of John T. Banks Esq MD --maker's mark of Michael Keating, Dublin, 1789, together with a pair of bright-cut engraved sugar-tongs--circa 1795, a basting spoon, pierced later with dotted band and added strainer flap, and a pair of basting spoons converted into a salad serving fork and spoon, a Victorian butter-spreader and a salt spoon--18oz. (7)