DUBLIN, 1715, MAKER'S MARK PARTLY INDISTINCT BUT POSSIBLY THAT OF WILLIAM BARRY
Details
A pair of George I Irish silver cups
Dublin, 1715, maker's mark partly indistinct but possibly that of William Barry
Vase-shaped and on spreading circular foot, the body with two harp-shaped handles, moulded mid-rib and slightly everted moulded rim, the body engraved with a coat-of-arms within foliage mantling and later with a crest with Baron's coronet above, marked on body and foot
4.1/8in. (11cm.) high
24ozs. (676gr.) (2)
Dublin, 1715, maker's mark partly indistinct but possibly that of William Barry
Vase-shaped and on spreading circular foot, the body with two harp-shaped handles, moulded mid-rib and slightly everted moulded rim, the body engraved with a coat-of-arms within foliage mantling and later with a crest with Baron's coronet above, marked on body and foot
4.1/8in. (11cm.) high
24ozs. (676gr.) (2)
Provenance
Almost certainly Samuel Monsell Esq. of Tervoe and thence by descent to his grandson William Thomas Monsell Esq. (1754-1822) and thence by descent to his son William, 1st Baron Emly, and thence by descent to
The Rt. Hon Lord Emly (+); Christie's London, 11 July 1934, lot 140 (58 to Monsell)
Bolton, 1st Viscount Monsell P.C. (1881-1969)
The Rt. Hon Lord Emly (+); Christie's London, 11 July 1934, lot 140 (58 to Monsell)
Bolton, 1st Viscount Monsell P.C. (1881-1969)