Robert Garrard II
( 1793 - 1881 )
A Pair of Victorian Dessert Stands
Robert Garrard II
( 1793 - 1881 )
A Pair of Victorian Dessert Stands
Made by Robert Garrard
In London, 1871
Height: 7 1/2 inches (19 cm)
Diameter: 9 1/2 inches (24 cm)
Weight: 86oz
Each bowl with a pierced border of anthemions on a beaded, knopped pedestal raised on three scroll feet with garlands between topped with putti playing instruments on pedestals.
Robert Garrard II was apprenticed in 1809 to his father, Robert Garrard I, a partner of Wakelin and Company, and gained his freedom of the Grocers' Company by patrimony in 1816. After the death of his father in 1818, Garrard entered his mark and, with his brothers James and Sebastian, took over the management of the workshop. During the early nineteenth century, the firm's business expanded at a tremendous rate, especially after the decline of Rundell, Bridge and Rundell in the 1820s. In 1830, the Garrard’s were appointed goldsmiths and jewellers to the king and in 1843 official crown jewellers. A large design studio was set up by them, which was modelled on that developed by Rundell, Bridge and Rundell and employed several well-known painters and sculptors, including Edmund Cotterill. During the mid-nineteenth century, Garrard's was one of the leading producers of elaborate presentation silver.
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