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Auction archive: Lot number 35

PLEASE NOTE DATE SHOULD READ C.1807*** A

Estimate
€1,000 - €1,500
ca. US$1,105 - US$1,658
Price realised:
€2,700
ca. US$2,985
Auction archive: Lot number 35

PLEASE NOTE DATE SHOULD READ C.1807*** A

Estimate
€1,000 - €1,500
ca. US$1,105 - US$1,658
Price realised:
€2,700
ca. US$2,985
Beschreibung:

PLEASE NOTE DATE SHOULD READ C.1807*** A RARE IRISH PROVINCIAL BRIGHT CUT STRAINER SPOON BY CARDEN TERRY & JANE WILLIAMS Cork c.1795, with bright cut star terminal and engraved with initials, (c.188.6g). 35cm long Jane Williams Goldsmith, Silversmith & Jeweller; third daughter (baptised 27th June 1773) of Carden Terry & Catherine Webb; married John Williams (q.v.), of Cork 6th August 1791; after his death she continued the business in Grand Parade in association with her father; many gold and silver assays in Dublin 1808-22; she died 17th April 1845. (Bowen and OBrien, 2005 pp180-186) Female silversmiths have until recently been largely written out of the history of silver making in Ireland and Britain. With the exception of the highly prolific Hester Bateman very little has been published about the work of these fascinating craftswomen. As with all decorative arts the skill of the item should be sufficient in justifying the importance of these women but unfortunately their talent has been largely excluded from texts dedicated to Georgian silversmiths. An awareness of what must have been an immense struggle for recognition and support of their work, alongside their male counterparts, is paramount. A common issue with promoting the reputation of female silversmiths is that they often worked in partnership with men, either husbands or fathers, and as a result it is difficult to ascertain, through misappropriation or otherwise, who was the true maker of the item. An issue such as this arises when confronted with the work of Cork silversmiths Carden Terry and his daughter Jane Williams (1771-1845) who worked with her father and husband in the late 18th century. Jane was married on 6 August 1791 in St Peters Church, Cork, to her fathers apprentice, John Williams (17711806), who entered into partnership as a silversmith with Carden Terry in 1795. Terry himself was born in 1742, to a notable Cork family and was apprenticed in 1758, setting up shop on at Main Street in 1765. His early work bore the mark CT, usually with the word STERLING, though technically not a hallmark it was normal for provincial Irish items. Up until the late 17th century silver items were mostly reserved for the church and the extremely wealthy. This began to change when silver prices dropped and for the first time the middle class could afford silver household objects. The trade had to adapt to the changefrom large ornate royal and ecclesiastical works to simple functional pieces. To meet this growing market wives and other female relatives of silversmiths were brought into the trade.Many of these women were hands on in the trade with younger girls brought in to finish and burnish the pieces. The silversmiths were extremely protective of their trade so they imposed a fine on anyone who brought a woman into the business that was not a close relative. Although women would have served their apprenticeship theywould then have to work under their husbands mark. They would only be in a position to register their mark when their husband died.Jane, who lived at Grand Parade, Cork, continued business as a silversmith after both the death of her husband in 1806 and that of her father in 1821. She holds the distinguished position of being the most well-known and prolific Irish female silversmith working in the late 18th and early 19th century.

Auction archive: Lot number 35
Auction:
Datum:
16 May 2017
Auction house:
Adams's
St Stephens Green 26
D02 X665 Dublin 2
Ireland
info@adams.ie
+353-1-6760261)
Beschreibung:

PLEASE NOTE DATE SHOULD READ C.1807*** A RARE IRISH PROVINCIAL BRIGHT CUT STRAINER SPOON BY CARDEN TERRY & JANE WILLIAMS Cork c.1795, with bright cut star terminal and engraved with initials, (c.188.6g). 35cm long Jane Williams Goldsmith, Silversmith & Jeweller; third daughter (baptised 27th June 1773) of Carden Terry & Catherine Webb; married John Williams (q.v.), of Cork 6th August 1791; after his death she continued the business in Grand Parade in association with her father; many gold and silver assays in Dublin 1808-22; she died 17th April 1845. (Bowen and OBrien, 2005 pp180-186) Female silversmiths have until recently been largely written out of the history of silver making in Ireland and Britain. With the exception of the highly prolific Hester Bateman very little has been published about the work of these fascinating craftswomen. As with all decorative arts the skill of the item should be sufficient in justifying the importance of these women but unfortunately their talent has been largely excluded from texts dedicated to Georgian silversmiths. An awareness of what must have been an immense struggle for recognition and support of their work, alongside their male counterparts, is paramount. A common issue with promoting the reputation of female silversmiths is that they often worked in partnership with men, either husbands or fathers, and as a result it is difficult to ascertain, through misappropriation or otherwise, who was the true maker of the item. An issue such as this arises when confronted with the work of Cork silversmiths Carden Terry and his daughter Jane Williams (1771-1845) who worked with her father and husband in the late 18th century. Jane was married on 6 August 1791 in St Peters Church, Cork, to her fathers apprentice, John Williams (17711806), who entered into partnership as a silversmith with Carden Terry in 1795. Terry himself was born in 1742, to a notable Cork family and was apprenticed in 1758, setting up shop on at Main Street in 1765. His early work bore the mark CT, usually with the word STERLING, though technically not a hallmark it was normal for provincial Irish items. Up until the late 17th century silver items were mostly reserved for the church and the extremely wealthy. This began to change when silver prices dropped and for the first time the middle class could afford silver household objects. The trade had to adapt to the changefrom large ornate royal and ecclesiastical works to simple functional pieces. To meet this growing market wives and other female relatives of silversmiths were brought into the trade.Many of these women were hands on in the trade with younger girls brought in to finish and burnish the pieces. The silversmiths were extremely protective of their trade so they imposed a fine on anyone who brought a woman into the business that was not a close relative. Although women would have served their apprenticeship theywould then have to work under their husbands mark. They would only be in a position to register their mark when their husband died.Jane, who lived at Grand Parade, Cork, continued business as a silversmith after both the death of her husband in 1806 and that of her father in 1821. She holds the distinguished position of being the most well-known and prolific Irish female silversmith working in the late 18th and early 19th century.

Auction archive: Lot number 35
Auction:
Datum:
16 May 2017
Auction house:
Adams's
St Stephens Green 26
D02 X665 Dublin 2
Ireland
info@adams.ie
+353-1-6760261)
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