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A WILLIAM III SILVER TAZZA
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A WILLIAM III SILVER TAZZA
maker's mark of Alice Sheen, London, 1699, Britannia Standard
Circular and on spreading foot, with gardrooned borders, engraved with the sacred monogram IHS, the initial IA on reverse and the initial I with Baron's coronet above on the foot, marked on foot and top - 8½in. (21.3cm.)
9ozs. (308grs.)
The initial and coronet is for Edward Cecil Guinness, 1st Baron Iveagh, later 1st Earl of Iveagh, K.P., G.C.V.O. (1847-1927), Chancellor of Dublin University from 1908, J.P. Co. Dublin, and High Sheriff in 1876. He was created a Baronet in 1885, and elevated to the peerage as Baron Iveagh of Iveagh in 1891. He was later advanced to a viscountcy in 1905 and to the Earldom of Iveagh in 1919. He married his cousin Adelaide Maria, daughter of Richard Samuel Guinness, M.P., of Deepwell, Co. Dublin, in 1873.
maker's mark of Alice Sheen, London, 1699, Britannia Standard
Circular and on spreading foot, with gardrooned borders, engraved with the sacred monogram IHS, the initial IA on reverse and the initial I with Baron's coronet above on the foot, marked on foot and top - 8½in. (21.3cm.)
9ozs. (308grs.)
The initial and coronet is for Edward Cecil Guinness, 1st Baron Iveagh, later 1st Earl of Iveagh, K.P., G.C.V.O. (1847-1927), Chancellor of Dublin University from 1908, J.P. Co. Dublin, and High Sheriff in 1876. He was created a Baronet in 1885, and elevated to the peerage as Baron Iveagh of Iveagh in 1891. He was later advanced to a viscountcy in 1905 and to the Earldom of Iveagh in 1919. He married his cousin Adelaide Maria, daughter of Richard Samuel Guinness, M.P., of Deepwell, Co. Dublin, in 1873.
Provenance
Edward Cecil Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh, (1847-1927) and thence by descent to his second son,
Arthur Ernest Guinness, D.L., J.P. (1876-1949) and thence by to his eldest daughter
Aileen Sybil Mary Plunkett
Luttrellstown Castle, Christie's House Sale, 26 September 1983, lot 736
Arthur Ernest Guinness, D.L., J.P. (1876-1949) and thence by to his eldest daughter
Aileen Sybil Mary Plunkett
Luttrellstown Castle, Christie's House Sale, 26 September 1983, lot 736
