Description
A George III Irish silver presentation two-handled tray,
with two maker's marks for Robert Breading and Clarke and West, one probably acting as the retailer, Dublin circa 1805,
oval form, gadroon border, reeded handles, the centre inscribed,
'on a requisition from the Court of D'Oyer hundred to the Mayor, Sheriffs & Common Council of the City of Cork, to confer a mark of public approbation upon the conduct of Charles Evanson, Esq. late mayor of this City. It was ordered by the Council and confirmed at a Court of D'Oyer hundred held the 11th day of December 1805 that a service of plate of the value of two hundred pounds should be purchased for and presented to him as a lasting testimonial of the high sense entertained by the Court of the dignified, faithful and honourable manner, in which he discharged the duties of his office. Rowland Morrison Mayor, Richard Neville Parker, Richard Maguire, Sheriffs, and William Jameson, Junr. Com. Speaker,' length handle to handle 63cm, approx. weight 100oz.