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)
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)
