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Dublin Stuart and Georgian Silver: Curated Images and Sales News

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In memory of the late #MichaelBaggot, two early #DublinSilver salts, mark of Joseph Walker, circa 1720, from his collection.

Sold at Woolley & Wallis for £2,159 (including premium) earlier this month.

Intriguing engraving

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This exceptional #DublinSilver box with a complex hinge and mounted agate panel was sold in Sydney, Australia in 2024.

Made by #JamesKennedy in the late 18th century, its refined uncluttered design prefigures 20th century styles.

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Also from Chiswick Auctions, a #DublinSilver mounted coconut cup by William Bond, late 18th century.

Seems to have remained unsold in October 2022 against an estimate of £600 - £800.

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More from Chiswick Auctions, a miniature #DublinSilver replica of the Bell of Saint Patrick (National Museum of Ireland) made by the Edmond Johnson firm in 1894.

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Browsing through the Chiswick Auctions website, these charming #DublinSilver buttons, associated with the Down Hunt were sold in 2024 for £529.

Are the initials 'J.B.' on the reverse related to the maker or to the buttons' original owner?

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By way of price comparison, this box, also by #JamesKennedy, sold at Chiswick Auctions in 2021 for £400 (including premium).

The engraving is less accomplished but the form is highly unusual.

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At Chiswick Auctions this week, this small attractively engraved snuffbox made by #JamesKennedy in Dublin towards the end of the 18th century sold for £1,764 (including premium).

Is there a revival of interest in Georgian Dublin boxmakers?

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A nutmeg grater with cowrie shell c. 1690 (Met Museum)

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#Casanova
#Tricentenario
#Tricentenaire
#Venezia

"Je suis né de ce mariage au bout de neuf mois,
le 2 du mois d'Avril de l'an 1725"

♦️Giacomo Casanova♦️

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Drawings of 18th century Ironwork in Dublin, published in 1913. #dublin

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Two-handled cup https://t.co/jRWpssXh1m

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"The Metal Stamp'd by Honest Fame"
Discover Georgian Dublin's artisans & their exquisite gold & silver boxes, crafted for heroes, villains, & luminaries. See rare artefacts returning to Dublin for the first time in centuries @dublincastleOPW.
On display until 31 Mar 2025

[Neil Jeffares @neiljeffares]

For no particular reason (why wait for an #OTD
?) I'm going to post some of the essays with in-depth studies of 18th century pastels from my website pastellists.comToday's is perhaps my favourite La Tour portrait, of Duval de l'Epinoy, in Lisbon: https://t.co/MMm64sGZtH

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🌿✨ The Rijksmuseum has acquired a rare first edition of Maria Sibylla Merian’s ‘Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium’ (1705), her illustrated natural history of Suriname.

The book is temporarily on display at the Rijksmuseum.

📖 Read more: https://t.co/KRoVcZOMFw

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Dated for 1823, the spurs provide evidence of the continuing presence in the city, post-Act of Union, of a cohort of goldsmiths capable of highly accomplished work.

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Have to agree with @DanielBexfield that these #DublinSilver articulated spurs by John Teare are ‘extremely rare’. #MuseumQuality

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The goldsmiths’ church.

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St Werburgh's Church Dublin #Ireland

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The Rutland Fountain, Merrion Square, Dublin illustrated by Joseph Constantine Stadler, c. 1785. The Rutland memorial in the form of a drinking fountain was designed by Francis Sandys in 1791 to commemorate Charles Manners, Fourth Duke of Rutland, Lord Lieutenant 1784-87.

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He was Lord Mayor of Dublin in 1829.

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#DublinSilver goblet with the marks of West & Clarke and a date letter for 1805.

Engraved with an inscription recording its presentation to #JFK by New Ross in June 1963.

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Jacob West initially traded in partnership with John Clarke at 9 Capel street, eventually trading in his own name.