Robert Garrard II
( 1793 - 1881 )
Large Victorian silver-gilt Tankard
Robert Garrard II
( 1793 - 1881 )
Large Victorian silver-gilt Tankard
Maker’s Mark of Robert Garrard
London 1841
Height: 35cm, 13¾in. high
Weight: 3679gr., 118oz
The sides with Bacchic putti cavorting between bands of fruiting vine ornament, the handle formed as two entwined vine branches, the lid with a seated putto on top.
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.
You May Also Like
An Elegant Silver-gilt Basket Centrepiece
Benjamin Smith II & James Smith III
An Elegant Neo-Classical Style Edwardian Basket
John Bodman Carrington & Co
A Set of Four French Silver-Mounted Cut-Glass candelabra, Paris circa 1890
Andre Aucoc
The Duke of Hamilton's Candlesticks
Paul Storr