THREE ELIZABETH II SILVER PRESENTATION TABLE ARTICLES
THREE ELIZABETH II SILVER PRESENTATION TABLE ARTICLES
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THREE ELIZABETH II SILVER PRESENTATION TABLE ARTICLES

VARIOUS MAKERS, LONDON AND DUBLIN, 1973-1977

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THREE ELIZABETH II SILVER PRESENTATION TABLE ARTICLES
VARIOUS MAKERS, LONDON AND DUBLIN, 1973-1977
All with inscriptions relating to the Ford Motor Company, comprising;
A cream jug, mark of William Egan & Sons, Dublin, 1973
A small alms dish, mark of William Egan & Sons, Dublin, 1974
A circular tray, mark of Garrard & Co. Ltd., London, 1977
9 3/8 in. (23.8 cm.) diameter, the tray
33 oz. 8 dwt. (1,038.7 gr.)

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Nathalie Ferneau
Nathalie Ferneau Head of Sale, Junior Specialist

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The jug with the Ford Motor Company logo and dates 1917-1977 engraved on its front. The alms dish with FAO 1977 First Billion on the underside. The tray with a Gaelic expression Céad Míle Fáilte, meaning a hundred thousand welcomes and with a further inscription PRESENTED TO HENRY FORD II by the Employees of HENRY FORD AND SON LIMITED CORK. 1917-1977.
The year 1977 marked 60 years of Ford Motor Company in Cork, Ireland. In 1917, Ford opened its first Irish manufacturing factory in the city and it employed more than 7,000 people at its peak. In 1967, to celebrate the factory’s 50th anniversary, the company announced a modernization and expansion of the plant, which increased its space to 450,000 square feet. The projected was completed by the factory's 60th anniversary in 1977. That same year, Henry Ford II visited the Cork factory and was presented with these gifts.

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