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ANTIQUE #SA1087071

Victorian Silver Stork Ribbon Pullers

Status: This item has been sold
Sold by: Roger Bradbury Antiques

*Please Note. This price excludes the cost of postage which will be an additional £9.85 within the UK. Worldwide shipping available.*
 
Henry William Curry, London 1877
 
A beautifully made example in the form of a stork with a dove and insect in its belly. Hallmarked to the handles, freestanding.
 
Size: H9.4cm D3cm W5cm
 
Total weight: 37.04g approx.
 
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Henry William Curry (10 June 1845 – 1896), was a son of John Curry (b. 1814/15), a silver caster, and his wife, Mary Ann (née Gregory, b. 1814).1 On 2 November 1859 he was apprenticed as a silversmith for seven years to John Barnard, a partner in Edward Barnard & Sons, manufacturing silversmiths of Angel Street, St. Martins Le Grand, City of London. He gained his freedom on 23 November 1866,2 and entered his first marks on 1 January 1868,3 giving his address as 21 Great Sutton Street, Clerkenwell. These had been the premises from about 1860 of the manufacturing silversmith, Augustus George Piesse,4 who died on 1 November 1867.5 The 1871 Census return for this address6 lists Curry there as a manufacturing silversmith, employing eight men and four boys, together with his parents and his two brothers, Charles John Curry7 (1848-1914), a modeller, and William Frederick Curry (1850-), a silversmith’s traveller.
 
W.H. Curry entered further marks on 13 March 1869 (defaced 23 March 1882) and 23 March 1882.8 In 1880 he advertised as ‘(successor to the late A.G. Piesse,) Manufacturing Silversmith, and dealer in second-hand plate. Chasing and engraving . . . Repairing. Polishing, Electro-Gilding, &c., done on the shortest notice at the lowest possible price. A large stock of second-hand plate always on hand.’9 Although that same year Curry was sued by the Goldsmiths’ Company for counterfeiting hallmarks,10 he continued in business as a manufacturing silversmith until 1889/90. He then moved to Wood Green, Middlesex, where he b...
Antique #SA1087071, shown on this page, originates from the victorian Era. For historical context, the timeline below highlights the period when it was made:
   The Victorian Era   
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Roger Bradbury Antiques
Norfolk
United Kingdom
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