Sale 5044
London, South Kensington
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23 January 2011
Price realised
GBP 600
Estimate
A GEORGE III IRISH SILVER BRIGHT-ENGRAVED MEAT SKEWER MARK OF ISAAC DAVIS, AND FURTHER STRUCK WITH MARK OF JOHN ASHE ACTING AS RETAILER, DUBLIN, 1789 Engraved with escallop crest; also a plain George III Irish example, mark of Richard Sawyer, Dublin, 1813, crested Respectively, 13 in. (33 cm.) and 12¼ (31 cm.) long 5.4 oz. (167 gr.) (2)
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