APPARENTLY STRUCK ONLY WITH HIBERNIA AND CROWNED HARP MARKS, DUBLIN, CIRCA 1760
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A PAIR OF GEORGE III IRISH SILVER CUPS
APPARENTLY STRUCK ONLY WITH HIBERNIA AND CROWNED HARP MARKS, DUBLIN, CIRCA 1760
The upper bodies chased with fruiting vines and "C"-scrolls, centred by rococo cartouches engraved with a baron's coronet on one side and a crest on the other, further chased below the applied girdle with scrolls and aprons of flowers centred by a cartouche on each side decorated with a swan amidst reeds or a duck flying out of the water
5 in. (12.7 cm.) high
26 oz. (1,736 gr.)
The engraved crest is based on that recorded for Tidcaster of London. (2)
APPARENTLY STRUCK ONLY WITH HIBERNIA AND CROWNED HARP MARKS, DUBLIN, CIRCA 1760
The upper bodies chased with fruiting vines and "C"-scrolls, centred by rococo cartouches engraved with a baron's coronet on one side and a crest on the other, further chased below the applied girdle with scrolls and aprons of flowers centred by a cartouche on each side decorated with a swan amidst reeds or a duck flying out of the water
5 in. (12.7 cm.) high
26 oz. (1,736 gr.)
The engraved crest is based on that recorded for Tidcaster of London. (2)
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