22nd Jan, 2026 9:30
A heavy-gauge Irish silver three-piece tea set, Dublin, early 19th century (marks rubbed), probably by the Dublin silversmith James Le Bas, the bodies with deeply cut chased masks, animals and bands, teapot handle with ivory insets, supported on four paw feet. Total weight of items 2,242.3 grams, 72.12ozt. (3) IVORY EXEMPTION CERTIFICATE NUMBER: 896RLRVY
James Le Bas was a warden of the guild of the Dublin Goldsmiths’
Sold for £3,300
A heavy-gauge Irish silver three-piece tea set, Dublin, early 19th century (marks rubbed), probably by the Dublin silversmith James Le Bas, the bodies with deeply cut chased masks, animals and bands, teapot handle with ivory insets, supported on four paw feet. Total weight of items 2,242.3 grams, 72.12ozt. (3) IVORY EXEMPTION CERTIFICATE NUMBER: 896RLRVY
James Le Bas was a warden of the guild of the Dublin Goldsmiths’
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