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Lot Essay
The present monteith is considered to be the earliest extant Irish example of its kind. A small number of slightly later monteiths, dated 1699 are known. The abstracted ear-form lobing of the present Monteith is apparently unique. The Monteith’s collar is detachable, allowing for use as a punch bowl.
Sir John Coghill (d. 1699)
John Coghill, originally of Coghill Hall, Yorkshire matriculated at Magdalen Hall, Oxford, March, 1656-7, and is recorded as a barrister in Gray's Inn in 1661. Coghill was sent to Ireland and became Master in the High Court of Chancery in Ireland, and was an advocate of the Ecclesiastical Court. He was knighted at Dublin Castle by Henry, Earl of Clarendon, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, on 6 June 1686. Coghill marries Hester, daughter of Tobias Cramer, Esq., of Ballyfoile, their eldest son, Marmaduke (1673–1738) was a well known Dublin figure of his period who became Chancellor of the Exchequer in Ireland. It has been noted that several of the larger pieces of extant Irish silver used for serving wine bear the arms of members of the Coghill family (see Townsend, op. cit. p. 687). One such example with Coghill arms is a wine cistern, 2 ft. 6 in. wide, mark of John Hamilton, Dublin, 1715, which is in the collection of the Ulster Museums, Belfast (acquired 1966).
Thomas Bolton (c. 1658-1736)
Thomas Bolton (c. 1658-1736) of co. Meath, is generally considered the foremost goldsmith working in Ireland at the turn of the 17th century. Bolton became a freeman of the Dublin Goldsmiths' Company in 1686, warden in 1690, assay master in 1692 and subsequently Lord Mayor of Dublin. Indeed, so significant was Bolton’s contribution to the city of Dublin that Bolton Street, on the north side of Dublin’s Liffey river was named for him. Bolton died in poverty. Another Monteith by Thomas Bolton, dated 1703, is in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago (Bequest of Mary Hooker Dole, 1950.2031). It is engraved with the arms of Sir Richard Cox (1650-1733). Cox became Lord Chancellor of Ireland in 1703 and had Bolton melt the Great Seal from the reign of William III and the seal of the common pleas to create the Monteith.
Sir John Coghill (d. 1699)
John Coghill, originally of Coghill Hall, Yorkshire matriculated at Magdalen Hall, Oxford, March, 1656-7, and is recorded as a barrister in Gray's Inn in 1661. Coghill was sent to Ireland and became Master in the High Court of Chancery in Ireland, and was an advocate of the Ecclesiastical Court. He was knighted at Dublin Castle by Henry, Earl of Clarendon, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, on 6 June 1686. Coghill marries Hester, daughter of Tobias Cramer, Esq., of Ballyfoile, their eldest son, Marmaduke (1673–1738) was a well known Dublin figure of his period who became Chancellor of the Exchequer in Ireland. It has been noted that several of the larger pieces of extant Irish silver used for serving wine bear the arms of members of the Coghill family (see Townsend, op. cit. p. 687). One such example with Coghill arms is a wine cistern, 2 ft. 6 in. wide, mark of John Hamilton, Dublin, 1715, which is in the collection of the Ulster Museums, Belfast (acquired 1966).
Thomas Bolton (c. 1658-1736)
Thomas Bolton (c. 1658-1736) of co. Meath, is generally considered the foremost goldsmith working in Ireland at the turn of the 17th century. Bolton became a freeman of the Dublin Goldsmiths' Company in 1686, warden in 1690, assay master in 1692 and subsequently Lord Mayor of Dublin. Indeed, so significant was Bolton’s contribution to the city of Dublin that Bolton Street, on the north side of Dublin’s Liffey river was named for him. Bolton died in poverty. Another Monteith by Thomas Bolton, dated 1703, is in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago (Bequest of Mary Hooker Dole, 1950.2031). It is engraved with the arms of Sir Richard Cox (1650-1733). Cox became Lord Chancellor of Ireland in 1703 and had Bolton melt the Great Seal from the reign of William III and the seal of the common pleas to create the Monteith.