A GEORGE II IRISH SILVER SALVER
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A GEORGE II IRISH SILVER SALVER

MARK OF BARTHOLOMEW MOSSE, DUBLIN, 1749

Closed31 May 2012

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A GEORGE II IRISH SILVER SALVER
MARK OF BARTHOLOMEW MOSSE, DUBLIN, 1749
Shaped circular on four scroll feet, with shell, bacchic putto mask, leaf and scroll-cast rim, engraved with coat-of-arms, marked underneath
17 in. (43.2 cm.) diam.
76 oz. 8 dwt. (2,377 gr.)
The arms are those of Maxwell impaling Montgomery, for Robert Maxwell (d.1769) of Finnebrogue, co. Down and his second wife Mary, daughter of William Montgomery of Grey Abbey, co. Down, whom he married in 1749.