Cup
Collection object
1990.0015
H. 18.9, diameter of rim 14.5, diameter of foot 10.6 Wt.1037.3
Cup, Limerick silver, by Joseph Johns c 1740-50. Large two handed cup, with double scroll handles and a horizontal rib around the middle of the cup, pedestal base. The only mark is a double-I, separated by a lion rampant; the mark is below the rim next to one of the handles. Engraved with a coat of arms; the shield shows on the left three chevronels between three martlets; on right a lion rampant between three fleurs-de-lis; shield surmounted by a helm, with crest of a martlet; accompanying documentation shows the arms to those of the Singleton and D'Alton families, and possibly marked the marriage of John Singleton to Marcella D'Alton (see Burke's Landed Gentry).
Joseph Johns (silversmith)