Lot 163
A pair of Irish George I tazza
Auction: 05 March 2024 from 10:00 GMT
Description
Thomas Bolton, Dublin 1715, each of traditional form, the dish with engraved armorials to centre, raised on a spreading foot, scratch weight to underside 19-14
Dimensions
Height: 7cm, 6.5cm, diameter: 24.5cm, weight: 19.5oz (of one)
Footnote
Heraldry:
The Marital Arms of Reynell and Cooke
Arms:
(on the dexter) Argent masoned sable a chief indented of the second (for Reynell)
(on the sinister) Gules three crescents and a canton argent within a bordure ermine (for Cooke)
Crest: A fox passant or (for Reynell)
These armorial bearings undoubtedly commemorate the marriage of Richard Reynell, of Killough (born before 1698 died 1st May 1756), of Killough in the County of Westmeath and Dorcas Cooke (died January 1776). He was the second son of Edmund Reynell, of the City of Dublin and his wife, Hannah Dobbin, whilst Dorcas was the daughter of Robert Cooke, of Cooksborough in the County of Westmeath. Sadly, the exact date and place of Richard and Dorcas’s marriage is presently not known, but it is thought that they circa 1720. Although not a great deal is known about Richard is certainly stated that at one time he served in the army as a Captain in the 5th Dragoon Guards.
Richard’s great grandfather, Edmund Reynell settled in Ireland during the 17th Century. He was the son of Edmund Reynell, of Malston in the County of Devon and his wife, Anne Hatch. The family was of ancient Devonian stock having a descent from Sir Richard Reynell who lived during the reign of King Henry II and King Richard I. Richard, the owner of this tazza undoubtedly could claim cousinship to another Richard Reynell, Sir Richard Reynell (born 1626 died 18th October 1699), the 1st Baronet of Laleham in the County of Middlesex who was appointed Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench in Ireland in 1691. He served in this post until 1695.