George III Irish Sterling Silver Tray

Description:

George III Irish Sterling Silver Tray, Dublin, 1775, maker's mark "JL" probably for John Lloyd, scratch weights to underside, oval, with a gadrooned rim, with an engraved monogram topped with an earl's coronet within a foliate cartouche, lg. 12 1/2 in., approx. 21.7 troy oz.

Provenance: The Estate of Hugh Trumbull Adams, to benefit the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Collections Acquisitions Fund.
Estimate $400-600

Light surface wear abrasions throughout, rubbed loss of detail to armorial and outer rim. Lacquered.


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