MAKER'S MARK WC, GREENOCK, PRESENTATION DATE 1799

GREENOCK, FROM THE GAELIC GRIAN-CHNOC FOR HILLOCK OF THE SUN, WAS A MINOR CENTRE FOR SILVER PRODUCTION FROM THE LAST HALF OF THE 18TH CENTURY UNTIL THE EARLY 19TH CENTURY AT WHICH TIME MUCH OF THE SILVER PRODUCED THERE WAS SENT TO GLASGOW TO BE ASSAYED AND HALLMARKED.

WHILE MOST GREENOCK SILVER WHICH COMES TO THE MARKET TODAY IS FLATWARE OTHER EXAMPLES OF HOLLOWARE DO EXIST. INDEED A CREAM JUG IS KNOW WHICH WAS ALSO PRESENTED BY THE GREENOCK FLORIST SOCIETY AS A PRIZE FOR TULIPS WON BY A MR. JOHN GARDNER IN 1796.