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Alexander Dick Colonial…
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Melbourne
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24-Mar-2024
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Alexander Dick Colonial Australian silver christening mug, with engraved circular banding to the body, a round barbed handle, sitting on a collet foot base, with engraved monogram 'E.C.', circa 1835, stamped 'A.D.', 8.5 cm high, 222 grams. Provenance: Lawsons, Australian history, fine decorative Arts & jewellery, Sydney, February 2016, lot 8. Alexander Dick (1799 - 1843) arrived in Australia aboard the 'Portland' in November 1824. He was a free settler and by April 1826 he was advertising his own business at 104 Pitt Street, Sydney. A highly important early Colonial silversmith, Dick's colourful career is well described in 'Early Australian silver : the Houstone Collection' by J.M. Houstone [Sydney, Halstead press, 2007] at pp.56-67, including illustrations of two mugs, very similar to the present piece.
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Silver: Mugs, Cups & Goblets