Robert Garrard II
( 1793 - 1881 )
Tsar Alexander II’s Salvers
Robert Garrard II
( 1793 - 1881 )
Tsar Alexander II’s Salvers
A Pair of Royal Russian Salvers
Victorian London, 1867
By Robert Garrard II
Diameter: 32 cm, 12.5 in
Weight: 2,077.5 g, 66 oz 4 dwt
The shaped circular salver with ovolo border engraved below with geometric foliate design. The flat surface further engraved with shell, acanthus, and foliate décor. The centre engraved with the coat-of-arms of Tsar Alexander II.
The condition of this exquisite salver is worthy of note. The crisp ovolo border and beautiful engraving both to the decorative flat surface and the coat-of-arms to the centre bear little if no wear at all – the engraving remains clear and bright.
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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