Estimate: €500 - €700
Price Realised: €660
Size: 6in. (15.24cm) A small Irish silver circular salver the rim chased with floral and foliate motif, engraved to the centre 'Presented by the Non-Commissioned Officers and Privates - of Capt. G. Colings Compy. 64 Regt. - To the Rev. T. Medlicott - for his kind attenti...Read more A small Irish silver circular salver the rim chased with floral and foliate motif, engraved to the centre 'Presented by the Non-Commissioned Officers and Privates - of Capt. G. Colings Compy. 64 Regt. - To the Rev. T. Medlicott - for his kind attention to - them during the prevalence - of the cholera - at Loughrea in 1832.' Dublin, 1832, maker's mark for R Smith. 6¼oz troy (195g). Diameter The European Cholera epidemic reached Ireland in 1832. Originating in India, the disease spread to Russia in 1817, Germany in 1830 and England in 1831. Estimates of the death-toll in Ireland vary from 15,000 to 30,000. The mortality rate in Ireland was among the highest in Europe caused by poverty and generally unsanitary conditions, the custom of visiting neighbours' homes in the evenings, and the holding of wakes in the presence of the remains of deceased victims. The Galway Advertiser, Vol XVI, No. 27, July 7th 1832 reports that the epidemic reached Loughrea in the previous week.
Estimate: €500 - €700
Price Realised: €660
Size: 6in. (15.24cm) A small Irish silver circular salver the rim chased with floral and foliate motif, engraved to the centre 'Presented by the Non-Commissioned Officers and Privates - of Capt. G. Colings Compy. 64 Regt. - To the Rev. T. Medlicott - for his kind attenti...Read more A small Irish silver circular salver the rim chased with floral and foliate motif, engraved to the centre 'Presented by the Non-Commissioned Officers and Privates - of Capt. G. Colings Compy. 64 Regt. - To the Rev. T. Medlicott - for his kind attention to - them during the prevalence - of the cholera - at Loughrea in 1832.' Dublin, 1832, maker's mark for R Smith. 6¼oz troy (195g). Diameter The European Cholera epidemic reached Ireland in 1832. Originating in India, the disease spread to Russia in 1817, Germany in 1830 and England in 1831. Estimates of the death-toll in Ireland vary from 15,000 to 30,000. The mortality rate in Ireland was among the highest in Europe caused by poverty and generally unsanitary conditions, the custom of visiting neighbours' homes in the evenings, and the holding of wakes in the presence of the remains of deceased victims. The Galway Advertiser, Vol XVI, No. 27, July 7th 1832 reports that the epidemic reached Loughrea in the previous week.
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