Exbury House: Le Goût Rothschild - 5th October 2022
Lot 136
A PAIR OF GEORGE III IRISH SILVER WINE COASTERS
Estimate £1,000 - £1,500 | Hammer £4200
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Description
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 diameterÂ
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.