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Lot 1102
BROOK & SON; a George V hallmarked silver sauce ladle with circular bowl and handle modelled as a stylised dolphin, Edinburgh 1927, length 13cm, in original fitted case, approx 2.2ozt. CONDITION REPORT: Light tarnishing otherwise appears good with no further obvious faults, damage or restoration.
Lot 14
A RARE IRISH PROVINCIAL SILVER SOUP LADLE, Limerick c.1785, mark of Maurice Fitzgerald, the pointed taper handle engraved with initials, (c.217.7g). 38cm longMaurice Fitzgerald, Mary Street Limerick, working 1760-1817. He is possibly the Maurice Fitzgerald, son of James Fitzgerald (no address given), who was apprenticed to Vere Forster, a Dublin goldsmith in 1752. He obtained his freedom of Limerick in October 1774. He served as bailsman in the Tholsel Court in 1787 and 1789. His advertisement in the Limerick Herald, 7 December 1789, announced his moving 'to Bridge St (formerly Quay Lane) where Geo. Moore had his shop, and has received from London and Dublin a fashionable assortment of silver and plate work'. He leased part of his Rutland Street dwelling in 1815. He died in Rutland Street in May 1817 and was buried in St. John's; his wife predeceased him in November 1815. (Bowen and O'Brien, 2007 p203)Hallmarking was introduced to Ireland in 1637 in order to control the practices of goldsmiths which had become increasingly dubious due to a lack of an established body to monitor the craft as a whole in Ireland. King Charles I established the ‘Wardens and Company of Goldsmiths of our said City of Dublin’ with a charter that would match their counterpart in London in relation to powers of law. The standards of production in place in England were replicated in the assay office set up in Dublin in April 1638 where every piece of silver produced in the country was stamped with ‘The King’s Majesty Stamp called the Harp Crowned.’ A second mandatory mark identified the maker of the item, usually the goldsmith’s initials. Or at least that was the idea, but as with any rule there is always the exception. Limerick silversmiths managed to defy these sanctions which mostly applied to those practicing the craft within a three mile radius of Dublin rather than farther afield. It was expected that those working in provincial centres would follow suit, however the specifics were somewhat vague. Equally the physical distance and difficulty of travel in the 17th century largely discouraged Limerick silversmiths to send their wares, of which many were highly valuable goods, to the assay office in Dublin. As a city, Limerick had their own trade guilds with their own set of rules, whose privileged position created a monopoly over the commercial economy of the city. The practice continued well into the 18th century despite the fact that the situation became more delicate for Irish provincial silversmiths with the introduction of a duty tax of 6d. per ounce on all gold and silverwares wrought in Ireland. This manifest evasion was tolerated by the State who turned a blind eye to the various unsanctioned marks. When a Limerick silversmith struck his mark upon a piece it acted as their guarantee to the customer. These marks vary with a castle gateway and six or eight pointed star stamped on late 17th century items, while from 1710 onwards ‘STERLING’ appeared along with the silversmiths initials. As ‘STERLING’ is not technically a hallmark the accompanying maker’s initials took on the equivalent weight of an official stamp. By staking their reputation through putting forward their own name rather than using the relative safety of a standard mark assured by the assay office, this suggests that Limerick silversmiths took particular pride and confidence in the high quality of their work.
Lot 36
AN IRISH PROVINCIAL GEORGE III SHELL BOWL LADLE, Cork c.1760, mark of John Nicolson, with Hanoverian pattern handle, (c.217g). 34cm longJohn Nicolson I, Silversmith mentioned 1756; of Grand Parade, married Catherine Warner at St. Nicholas’ Church, 12th March 1768; started sword cutting business 5th January 1769 opposite Boland’s Lane; appointed a valuator of Holy Trinity parish 9th August 1783; registered as of Castle Street, Cork, in Dublin 1784; probably dead by 1805. Robert Day (1836-1914), the doyen of collectors and students of Cork silver, noted in his catalogue of his own collection at 4th April 1884, the John Nicholson owned the fields between the Gasworks and the Bandon Railway known as ‘Nicholson’s Fields’. (Bowen and O’Brien, 2005 pp180-186)
Lot 179
Staffordshire blue and white china Childs Dinner Service, mid 19th century, the flower patterned service with four various sized meat platters, large tureen with ladle (crack to cover) and two smaller tureens, two vegetable bowls (one with crack) both with covers, two gravy boats, fruit bowl, two dishes (one damaged and repaired with staples) and salt and condiment plates, six soup bowls, nine dinner plates, six side plates and six dessert plates, largest platter 6 ¾” (17.5cm) wide , together with a selection of cutlery, glassware, place mats and more.
Lot 257
An Elkington and Co Ltd part cutlery canteen comprising ten table knives, twelve table forks, twelve dessert spoons, six egg spoons, eleven table spoons, three tea spoons, two sauce ladles, one soup ladle, one serving ladle, all Rat tail pattern bearing initial in italics "E", together with various other cutlery including soup spoons tea spoons etc housed in a mahogany canteen box with rising lid over two drawers with Wellington style locking mechanism
Lot 14
A TANTO DAGGER. A late 19thC mounted Tanto Dagger, with 8" blade having some damage to the tip. The unsigned tang has two Mekugi-Ana, with gilt on copper Habaki, decorated with a fan and spatula on opposite faces. Plain wooden Tsuka with small oval copper Tsuba , with Menuki of a spoon and a net on one side, the other now missing. The Saya in the wood bark design finish, bearing a bowl, chopping block and a cleaver on the one side. On the other a lidded pot, ladle and other decorations. See Illustration
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