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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
...riefly became a publican and proprietor of the King’s Arms Hotel and Assembly Rooms.11
Meanwhile, Curry’s premises at 21 Great Sutton Street passed to Charles Stuart Harris junior who, trading as Charles Stuart, manufacturing silversmith, entered a mark on 14 February 1890.12 Following his bankruptcy the following year, Harris soon entered into partnership with Henry William Curry, trading as C.S. Harris & Co., manufacturing silversmiths. Their partnership was dissolved on 24 June 1895.13
H.W. Curry was married on 23 August 1871 at Meare Church, near Glastonbury, Somerset, to Betsy Ann, daughter of Joseph Curry of Westnay, near Meare.14 They had seven children. Curry’s movements after 1895 are unknown.
Notes
1. He was baptised at St. John, Hoxton, on 25 December 1845.
2. Freedom of the City Admission Paper, London Metropolitan Archives, CF1/2032/2(a)
3. Culme, nos. 7998-7999
4. Culme, vo
We are happy to obtain UK and international quotations. Please do not hesitate to contact.Antique Number: SA1087071
Dateline of this antique is Victorian
Height is 9.4cm (3.7inches)Width is 5cm (2.0inches)Depth is 3cm (1.2inches)
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