A PAIR OF GEORGE III IRISH SILVER WINE COASTERS

A PAIR OF GEORGE III IRISH SILVER WINE COASTERS

DUBLIN, C.1770-80

maker's mark only 'I.C' for John Craig, of circular form, pierced and chased with birds, a Bacchus figure, trailing vines, scroll work and a tower, rope-work borders, turned wooden bases, engraved with a crest (2)

13.5cm diameter 

Provenance

Alfred de Rothschild (1842-1918) Halton House, Buckinghamshire

Lionel de Rothschild (1882-1942)

Edmund de Rothschild (1916-2009)

The Trustees of Exbury House

Catalogue Note

The crest with a Bishop’s mitre is that of Newcome. William Newcome (1729-1800) was an Englishman and cleric of the Church of Ireland. Between 1766 and 1800 he was appointed to the Bishoprics of Dromore, Ossory, Waterford and Lismore and finally to the Primatial See of Armagh.