Silver - Day Two - 20th July 2011

Lot 1118

A George III Irish silver coffee pot

Estimate £2,000 - £3,000

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Description

A George III Irish silver coffee pot, by Thomas Jones, Dublin 1789, tapering circular form, domed hinged cover with an urn finial, tapering straight spout, scroll handle, engraved with a crest, height 25cm, approx. weight 32oz. The Coronet and crest is that for John Crosbie, 2nd Earl of Glandore in the peerage of Ireland. On Lord Glandore's death aged 62 in 1815, the viscounty created in 1771 and earldom created in 1776 became extinct.