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Royal presentation interest:- an impressive William IV silver…
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Sydney
Date:
25-Jun-2010
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Royal presentation interest:- an impressive William IV silver salver, by William Elliot, London 1835, circular outline and with an elaborate pierced border of foliate scrolls grapes, lions, hounds and drunken revellers, the presentation inscription reads as follows 'King William the Fourth has Given This piece of plate to John Irving Esq. In Commemoration of a Review dinner Given by His Majesty on the 2nd of June 1805 to the Volunteers of the County of Middlesex at Befont and in Discharge of the Sum of twenty five Pounds which the King on that Occasion Borrowed of Mr R', his Guest, a debt that had not recurred to His Majesty's recollection until recently 26th March 1837,' within engraved scrolling vines, raised on four bacchanalian mask feet, in a fitted case. Diameter 63 cm, weight 245oz, weight 7640gms.
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Silver: Trays, Salvers, Waiters and Plates