irish 18thc solid silver ladle

A fabulous Irish ladle made by Alexander Richards of Dublin in 1783 with good clear hall marks, and an engraving of the red hand of Ulster? at the top of the long curved handle were it sharply hooks over, this is only found on Irish silver, the letter I at the join of the stem to the bowl, a lovely rare Irish piece.
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Irish silver, Irish silver ladle, Irish sterling silver ladle, 18thc Irish silver, rare Irish solid silver, red hand, hand of Ulster, Irish hand, Irish ladle, Irish silver ladle,

Antiques.co.uk Ref: BJFJBFFM

Materials:

Solid Silver

Width (cm):

9 cm wide bowl

Height (cm):

33cm handle

Depth (cm):

30mm deep bowl.

Roger Grimes Antiques

Trading since 1977 we are members of the Irish Antiques Dealers association I.A.D.A. , C.I.N.O.A. & I.O.B.A. We specialise in genuine antiques from the 16thc to the mid 20thc, we do NOT stock reproductions. we are both known worldwide as a book & antique specialists with over ten thousand books & thousands of antiques in stock mostly bought privately , over seventeen hundred books online and slowly growing, we usually have fabulously leather bound sets of books & antiques for the decorator, also we have the biggest selection of old & vintage prints in Ireland with some maps, all mounted & wrapped ready for framing some of these will soon be on the website. Most of our stock is bought privately by invitation from old houses in Ireland and so is all fresh to the market & includes Irish , English & Scottish fine Silver, silver plate, brass, copper, ironwork, early oak & small mahogany furniture, English 18th & 19thc porcelain & ceramics, early lighting, fishing tackle & books on the subject in fact much more than is online so please email or phone us for your requirements vrmayo@gmail.com 00353(0)872339221

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