A PAIR OF GEORGE III IRISH SILVER SNUFFERS AND TRAYS

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III IRISH SILVER SNUFFERS AND TRAYS
DUBLIN, 1796, MAKER'S MARK OF JOHN STOYTE

Each scissor-form, resting on three ball feet, with octagonal finger holes and openwork stylized foliate scalloped handles, the scalloped cutter bright-cut engraved with flowerheads enclosing a crest, the trays of navette-shape, the sides pierced with a band of pales below pierced flowerheads at each end, the center bright-cut engraved with a stylized foliate border enclosing a circular stylized foliate cartouche enclosing the same crest and monogram, marked on snuffers and under bases of trays--length of trays 9 3/4in. (23.6cm.)
(16 oz. 10 dwt.) (2)