The picture below shows a crest on a set of the spoons. It looks like a fox or a wolf. Any ideas about its identity?
Provincial Irish spoons
Provincial Irish spoons
The pictures below show marks apparently on a set of Irish provincial spoons. Any ideas as to whose marks they might be? Is the apparent occlusion in the marks normal or an anomaly?
The picture below shows a crest on a set of the spoons. It looks like a fox or a wolf. Any ideas about its identity?
The picture below shows a crest on a set of the spoons. It looks like a fox or a wolf. Any ideas about its identity?
Re: Provincial Irish spoons
Hi,
I would say that your spoons are very likely to be the work of John Warner of Cork.
John Warner had been apprenticed to William Reynolds as from the 1st January 1768 and granted his Freedom on the 28th November 1775. He was married to a Mary Foot on the 18th September 1777, as was recorded in 'Richard Lucas's Directory of Cork - 1787' as working in North Main Street, Cork.
Although he, along with other Cork silversmiths, registered their marks at Dublin following the passing of the Act (Geo III c.23 (Ireland 1783)) that required all those in the trade to register their marks with the Dublin Company, it was likely that this act of compliance was just playing lip service to the new law and the old form of marking in the Cork fashion was to continue, albeit on a downward spiral, for some years.
John Warner died c.1810, but his son, James, was also noted as a silversmith working in Cork until his demise in 1830. James was granted his Freedom on the 13th November 1799.
As for the mis-shapen mark, this is clearly the effect of using a worn and broken punch. Since these punches never chipped in the same place they can be sometimes a useful tool for dating should you come across a piece with an engraved date and similar cracks and chips.
Trev.
I would say that your spoons are very likely to be the work of John Warner of Cork.
John Warner had been apprenticed to William Reynolds as from the 1st January 1768 and granted his Freedom on the 28th November 1775. He was married to a Mary Foot on the 18th September 1777, as was recorded in 'Richard Lucas's Directory of Cork - 1787' as working in North Main Street, Cork.
Although he, along with other Cork silversmiths, registered their marks at Dublin following the passing of the Act (Geo III c.23 (Ireland 1783)) that required all those in the trade to register their marks with the Dublin Company, it was likely that this act of compliance was just playing lip service to the new law and the old form of marking in the Cork fashion was to continue, albeit on a downward spiral, for some years.
John Warner died c.1810, but his son, James, was also noted as a silversmith working in Cork until his demise in 1830. James was granted his Freedom on the 13th November 1799.
As for the mis-shapen mark, this is clearly the effect of using a worn and broken punch. Since these punches never chipped in the same place they can be sometimes a useful tool for dating should you come across a piece with an engraved date and similar cracks and chips.
Trev.
Re: Provincial Irish spoons
Thanks Trev. for that.