Stunning Irish Commemorative Silver Sauce Boat of Typical Classic Form and of outstanding heavy gauge quality by Dublin Maker Alwright and Marshall.
The entire embossed in Celtic Revival style, back and front views are similar. The applied opposing scrolling handle modelled as a Dragon. Supported on three stylish hoof style feet with reeded decoration on shaped sockets.
Mark of A & M for Alwright & Marshall Fade Street, Dublin Ireland.
Condition: Superb, no imperfections.
Width: (at widest) 6.75” (17cm). Height: 3.75" (9cm). Depth: 3.5" (9.5cm).
Total Weight: (an impressive) 8.00ozs. (227 grams).
Shipped to Perth, Western Australia.
Circa 1870 Wakeley & Wheeler a London Silversmiths opened a factory at 13 & 14 Fade Street in Dublin, as a new build this premises was fitted out with the latest equipment of the day and employed approx 40 silversmiths to produce hand made Irish silverware.
1916 West of Grafton Street took an interest and the company was renamed West Wakeley & Wheeler.
1922 Wakeley and Wheeler transferred the business to West & Son.
1929 West sold to John Alwright (a silversmith who had worked in the company since 1890) and Jock Marshall (a silver chaser who had worked since 1895), they formed Alwright & Marshall Ltd. and the company trades under this name today.
A history of 137 years of silversmithing in Dublin we are the only company of its type remaining in Ireland.
The main business of the company has been the manufacture of hand made & crafted sterling silver tableware pieces, tea sets, candle sticks, dishes, bowls, condiments and all items related to table top and dining requirements.
Examples of Irish silver are highly sort after worldwide, antique shops always carry a range of Irish silverware bearing the mark of Irish silversmiths as far back as 1600
Alwright & Marshall have produced many pieces for heads of state and the church over the years. Special commissions have always been a large part of the company’s work, pieces made to customers own specifications such as the Cross of Cong Monstrance for Archbishop Mannix of Australia in the 1950s and a Cross of Cong Processional Cross which now resides in the Smithsonian Institute in the USA. Tea Sets and table top pieces for Presidents, and the gentry of Ireland.