A pair of George II Irish silver footed waiters by John Walker, Dublin 1739, with a slightly raised moulded rim, on a waisted foot, engraved with a crest, each engraved J. W. Bayly of Tolka to his son Wm. Cole. 1872. formerly the property of Jonathan Swift. Dean Swift of St. Patrick's. Dublin. 1739, 14.5cm (5 3/4in) diameter, 318g (10.25 oz) Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) was an Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer, poet and cleric who became Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin. He is, perhaps, best remembered today for works such as Gulliver's Travels and A Modest Proposal. The Tolka mentioned is Tolka Lodge, Finglas, co. Dublin. According to O'Hart (John) Irish Pedigrees, vol II, New York 1915, p. 36, a certain Peter Bayly (born 1670) was a friend of Dean Swift. Presumably this is how the waiters came into the Bayly family. An embowed armoured arm holding a weapon was a much favoured crest in Ireland and in 1816 Patrick Kennedy recorded some 55 names using exactly this crest. Regrettably the list does not include BAYL[E]Y (and not in Fairbairn's Book of Crests either) and this one is not recorded for any of the Irish families named SWIFT. Condition report disclaimer
A pair of George II Irish silver footed waiters by John Walker, Dublin 1739, with a slightly raised moulded rim, on a waisted foot, engraved with a crest, each engraved J. W. Bayly of Tolka to his son Wm. Cole. 1872. formerly the property of Jonathan Swift. Dean Swift of St. Patrick's. Dublin. 1739, 14.5cm (5 3/4in) diameter, 318g (10.25 oz) Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) was an Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer, poet and cleric who became Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin. He is, perhaps, best remembered today for works such as Gulliver's Travels and A Modest Proposal. The Tolka mentioned is Tolka Lodge, Finglas, co. Dublin. According to O'Hart (John) Irish Pedigrees, vol II, New York 1915, p. 36, a certain Peter Bayly (born 1670) was a friend of Dean Swift. Presumably this is how the waiters came into the Bayly family. An embowed armoured arm holding a weapon was a much favoured crest in Ireland and in 1816 Patrick Kennedy recorded some 55 names using exactly this crest. Regrettably the list does not include BAYL[E]Y (and not in Fairbairn's Book of Crests either) and this one is not recorded for any of the Irish families named SWIFT. Condition report disclaimer
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