A Three-Piece Silver Tea Service, of cylindrical form on circular spreading foot, comprising teap

A Three-Piece Silver Tea Service, of cylindrical form on circular spreading foot, comprising teapot with ebonised finial and handle, sugar bowl and cream jug, all engraved with the O'Callaghan family crest and Latin inscription "Fidus Et Audax" (Faithful and Bold). Sheffield, 1947. 23ozs. Lots 173-187 bear the family crest of The O’ Callaghan Family of Maryfort, Co.Clare, namely a dexter arm, embowed, couped at shoulder, in hand a sword, thereon a snake. Some pieces were presented to C.L. O’Callaghan as Master of The Fingal Harriers Hunt, founded in 1881 and still in existence, while some trophy cups were awarded for Croquet tournaments held at Devonshire Park, Eastbourne between 1910-21, and were presented by the 9th Duke of Devonshire, Victor Cavendish, also Mayor of Eastbourne. The O’Callaghan family have ancestral links to the 7th Duke of Devonshire and the Cavendish family. Cornelius O’Callaghan (1741-97) was made 1st Baron Lismore with the peerage continuing with the 1st Viscount Cornelius O’Callaghan (1775-1857) (son of 1st Baron Lismore) and becoming extinct in 1898 on the death of George Ponsonby O’Callaghan (1815-1898) 2nd Viscount Lismore.