An 18th century silver wine coaster, unmarked, probably Irish, circa 1770

Property from an Important English Private Collection

An 18th century silver wine coaster, unmarked, probably Irish, circa 1770

circular with applied ropework borders, the sides finely engraved and pierced with three oval reserves linked by diaperwork of Bacchus in a chariot drawn by a lion with two attendant putti, an allegorical figure of Abundance reclining on a cloud, and two putti climbing vines, a fourth reserve similarly decorated with a winged cherub supporting a drapery cartouche with a crest, possibly that of Long,

13.5cm., 5 ¼in. diameter