An early 18th century Irish silver large tazza
David King, Dublin 1714, foot also with harp mark
David King, Dublin 1714, foot also with harp mark
Conventional circular form with moulded border on a trumpet foot, the centre with engraved arms for Nicholas LOFTUS (1687-1763), diameter 23.3cm, weight 14.9oz.
Nicholas LOFTUS (1687-1763) of Loftus Hall, Co. Wexford an Anglo-Irish politician serving the Irish Parliament as MP for Fethard (1710-3), Clonmines (1713-5) and Co. Wexford (1715-51). In 1706 he married Anne PONSONBY (born 1687) daughter of William PONSONBY (1659-1724), 1st Viscount Duncannon, with whom he had issue two sons and three daughters. Although the armorial shows him to be an Esquire, which he was until 1751, he was then elevated to the Irish Peerage as Baron Loftus of Loftus Hall and in 1756 created Viscount Loftus.
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David King, Dublin 1714, foot also with harp mark
David King, Dublin 1714, foot also with harp mark
Conventional circular form with moulded border on a trumpet foot, the centre with engraved arms for Nicholas LOFTUS (1687-1763), diameter 23.3cm, weight 14.9oz.
Nicholas LOFTUS (1687-1763) of Loftus Hall, Co. Wexford an Anglo-Irish politician serving the Irish Parliament as MP for Fethard (1710-3), Clonmines (1713-5) and Co. Wexford (1715-51). In 1706 he married Anne PONSONBY (born 1687) daughter of William PONSONBY (1659-1724), 1st Viscount Duncannon, with whom he had issue two sons and three daughters. Although the armorial shows him to be an Esquire, which he was until 1751, he was then elevated to the Irish Peerage as Baron Loftus of Loftus Hall and in 1756 created Viscount Loftus.
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