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A rare pair of Irish provincial silver snuffer scissors Michael McDermott (1750 - 1784), Cork, circa 1765, stamped DERMOTT STERLING image 1
A rare pair of Irish provincial silver snuffer scissors Michael McDermott (1750 - 1784), Cork, circa 1765, stamped DERMOTT STERLING image 2
The Peter Ticher Collection of Irish Silver
Lot 124

A rare pair of Irish provincial silver snuffer scissors
Michael McDermott (1750 - 1784), Cork, circa 1765, stamped DERMOTT STERLING

28 July 2021, 11:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A rare pair of Irish provincial silver snuffer scissors

Michael McDermott (1750 - 1784), Cork, circa 1765, stamped DERMOTT STERLING
Scroll arms, the hinge applied with shell decoration, the shaped box with thread design, on three feet, length 16cm, weight 3.5oz.

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Provenance
The Kurt Ticher collection.

Literature
This current lot is illustrated in Douglas Bennett 'Irish Georgian Silver', 1972, pages 180-182.

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