A pair of George III silver strawberry dishes

MAKER'S MARK OF ROBERT GARRARD, LONDON, 1815

細節

A pair of George III silver strawberry dishes
maker's mark of Robert Garrard, London, 1815
Shaped circular and on four scroll bracket feet, with fluted sides and shaped rim, the centre of one inset with nine Irish agricultural medals and the other with eight medals and a central plaque engraved with a coat-of-arms, the reverse with a crest, marked on bases
9½in. (24cm.) diam.
63ozs. (1,977grs.) (2)

來源

Commissioned by Rev. James Symes from Robert Garrard 18 August 1815.

拍品專文

The Rev. James Symes (d.1819) was the son of Richard Symes Esq. who had inherited the estate of Ballyarthur from his uncle Councillor Mitchelborne. Symes was at one time Chaplin to H.R.H. The Duke of Kent and was evidently keenly interested in agriculture. The commission for the dishes survives in the Garrard ledgers which are preserved in the Victoria and Albert Museum.

'1815 The Rev J. Symes
£ s d
Aug 18 To 2 scallopd waiters inlaid wh medals 41-19 30. 8. 6
@13.13
Gilding two of the medals & engraving 1 coat- 1.14. -
of-arms & one crest
32. 2. 6

Paid 30 Sept 1815 by Cash of Bill.'