Garrards pattern book

Item date: late 19th century
Grant Value: 2,500
Item cost: 5,000
Item date acquired: 1999
Item institution: Victoria & Albert Museum
Town/City: London

A valuable source for the study of 19th century silverware, being 300 pages of designs for objects such as broth basins, claret jugs, ice pails, muffin plates, sauce boats and tureens. The drawings are very detailed, and are accompanied by brief written descriptions and prices

Item Provenance
Offered for sale by a former member of staff of William Comyns and Sons Ltd, a firm of manufacturing silversmiths who bought up the equipment and designs of the old Garrard workshop