CIRCA 1820, APPARENTLY UNMARKED

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A GEORGE IV IRISH TWO-COLOURED GOLD-MOUNTED BOG OAK FREEDOM BOX
circa 1820, apparently unmarked
Oval, the wooden box with slightly waisted sides, applied with gold floral, foliate and rocaille borders, the hinged cover applied with a cast green gold oak-leaf and acorn wreath enclosing a red gold coat-of-arms and motto for the city of Dublin and with a suspended medal below of the profile of King George III and motto 'IN GLORIOUS MEMORY', the base applied with the Talbot family coat-of-arms, the interior lined in gold, the interior of the cover engraved with a presentation inscription
3 5/16 in. (86 mm.) wide
The inscription inside the cover reads 'Presented by the CORPORATION OF DUBLIN to His Excellency Charles Chetwynd Earl Talbot, on his retiring from the Government of Ireland. In testimony of its approbation of THE EMINENT SERVICES rendered while he filled the exalted station of CHIEF GOVERNOR of that part of the United Kingdom Rt. Honble Sir John Kingston James, Bart, LORD MAYOR. Sir Wm Smith, Sir Thos Whelan} Sheriffs. DECR. AD 1821.'

注意事項

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拍品專文

Sir Charles Chetwynd, 2nd Earl Talbot of Hensol (1777-1849), elder son of John Chetwynd Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot (1750-1793) and his wife, Charlotte (d. 1804), daughter of Wills Hill, 1st Marquis of Downshire, succeeded to the peerage on the death of his father in 1793. After leaving Christ Church, Oxford, he joined Lord Whitmore's embassy in Russia and returned to England in 1800 and devoted himself to his estates and the improvement of agriculture in England. In 1803 he took part in organising a volunteer force in Staffordshire to oppose the invasion of England contemplated by Napoleon. On 9 October 1817 he was appointed Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland and during his term continued his policy of encouraging agriculture for which he was presented with the freedom of Drogheda. In 1821 during George IV's visit to Ireland, he was made a Knight of the Order of St. Patrick and in 1822 he was superceded as Lord-Lieutenant by the Marquis Wellesely. He returned to Staffordshire and was elected a Knight of the Garter and died at Ingestre Hall, Staffordshire.
For two other boxes presented to Sir Charles Chetwynd, 2nd Earl of Talbot, see lots 33 and 34.