Help with date and Makers Mark of Kettle on Stand w/burner

[micaela]

Hi
I recently found this Kettle on Stand w/burner?. But I can't find anything on the makers mark and the date. Can anyone hlep with the maker and an approx date? Or any information that they can give me on her.

Thanks In Advance,
micaela

[admin]

Wow! beautiful, made by the great Robert Garrard, London 1830. Holder of a royal warrant so allowed the crown in his maker's mark. Descendants are still in business today.
Thanks for sharing it.
Tom
http://www.925-1000.com/dlLondon4.html

[dognose]

Hi,

The addition of the crown upon the maker’s mark was fairly commonplace in the 18th Century, and although there have been several goldsmiths who have been commissioned to supply various pieces by royal patronage, there have been as I understand only two firms ever appointed as ‘The Crown Jewellers’. They are Rundell and Bridge, and then Garrards. The difference between being a ‘Royal Goldsmith’ and ‘The Crown Jeweller’ is that the ‘Crown Jeweller’ does not only supply items to the Royal Court but also prepares and maintains the Crown Jewels and other regalia for coronations and other state occasions.
Returning to the crowned maker’s mark, Robert Garrard II was the first of the Garrards to enter a crowned mark in 1822, although Garrards did not receive the Royal Warrant until 1830 (the origins of the firm date back to George Wickes in 1722 who was ‘Goldsmith, Jeweller and Silversmith’ to Frederick, Prince of Wales.) and Sebastian Henry Garrard who was the last to use it.
Sebastian Henry Garrard entered his crowned SG mark in 1900 following the death of his father James Mortimer Garrard, but reregistered it in the following year, 1901, without the crown. The reason is explained by the inscription on a silver gilt salt, stamped with the crowned SG mark. The inscription marked on the inside of the salt reads ‘This is the last piece of plate marked at Goldsmiths’ Hall, London, with the crown over makers’ mark, that emblem being abandoned by Garrard & Co. April 18th 1901 in deference to the objection of the Sheffield Assay Office.’
Sebastian Henry Garrard died in 1946, he was the last of the Garrards to be associated the this great company, although, as Tom stated the firm still continues to this day, although they have just recently lost the coveted status as ‘The Crown Jeweller’ after an amazing 178 years.

Trev.