THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
An George II Irish silver two-handled cup and cover
MAKER'S MARK OF WILLIAM TOWNSEND, DUBLIN, CIRCA 1755
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An George II Irish silver two-handled cup and cover
maker's mark of William Townsend, Dublin, circa 1755
Inverted-bell shaped and on spreading circular foot with harp-shaped scroll handles and moulded mid-rib, the detachable domed cover with baluster finial, the body engraved with a coat-of-arms, the cover with a crest, each beneath an Earl's coronet, marked on body and cover
14¼in. (36.2cm.) high
105zs. (3,279grs.)
The arms are those of Kingston impaling Caulfield for Edward, 1st Earl of Kingston (1726-1797) and his wife Jane (d.1784), daughter of Thomas Caulfield Esq., of Donamon, Co. Roscommon, whom he married in 1752. (2)
maker's mark of William Townsend, Dublin, circa 1755
Inverted-bell shaped and on spreading circular foot with harp-shaped scroll handles and moulded mid-rib, the detachable domed cover with baluster finial, the body engraved with a coat-of-arms, the cover with a crest, each beneath an Earl's coronet, marked on body and cover
14¼in. (36.2cm.) high
105zs. (3,279grs.)
The arms are those of Kingston impaling Caulfield for Edward, 1st Earl of Kingston (1726-1797) and his wife Jane (d.1784), daughter of Thomas Caulfield Esq., of Donamon, Co. Roscommon, whom he married in 1752. (2)