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Irish Provincial Silver Dessert Forks (3) - Richard Garde, Cork
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Reference: S11543
Period: William IV
Year: 1835
Silversmith: Richard Garde
Place: Cork with Dublin hallmarks
Price: $ 370.00
Weight: 126 grams
Dimensions: 18 cm
Condition: Good, slight wear to back of tines from use, slight wear to tine end, very slight kink on 1 tine.
Description: A set of 3 Irish Provincial silver dessert forks in the Fiddle pattern, made by Richard Garde of Cork in 1835. The forks are all engraved with a family crest of a Griffin, above engraved owners initials (possibly GT in script), the engraving is on the back of the forks, showing they were placed facing down on the table during those times. The forks are all clearly hallmarked, makers mark R.G, mark 86, page 191, Collecting Irish Silver by Douglas Bennett (a book we highly recommend). The crowned harp, Hibernia and date letter P are all clear, one duty mark is clear and 2 duty marks are worn but still visible. The Dublin Goldsmiths company passed an act in 1807 requiring the Kings head to be stamped on all plate made in Ireland. As this could only be done in Dublin, it forced the provincial goldsmiths to start sending silver to Dublin for hallmarking. Garde, who worked in Cork between 1824 and 1845, was presumably the son of silversmith Phineas Garde, who complied intermittently with the Dublin act. The Act shattered the silver-smithing trade in Cork, which had 50 silversmiths in 1800, by 1853 none were left.
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Irish Provincial Silver Dessert Forks (3)
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Irish Provincial Silver Dessert Forks (3) - Richard Garde, Cork
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Richard Garde, Cork silver hallmarks
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Griffin family crest, engraved silver
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Cork silver forks
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