AN IRISH PROVINCIAL SUGAR BOWL, Limerick c.1770, mark of George Moore, the fluted body with wavy everted rim and small leafy engraved decoration, raised on three lion mask capped paw feet,...

AN IRISH PROVINCIAL SUGAR BOWL, Limerick c.1770, mark of George Moore, the fluted body with wavy everted rim and small leafy engraved decoration, raised on three lion mask capped paw feet, (c.217.7g). 13cm diameter

George Moore, silversmith, obtained the freedom of Limerick in September 1748. He married Mary Foot in February 1752 in St. Mary's. His advertisement in the Limerick Chronicle of 11 August 1768 announced that he had moved from the corner of Pump Lane to Quay Lane, two doors below the New Printing-Office, adding that 'said Moore will take an Apprentice well recommended to the above business. Along with other goldsmiths, he was listed as a member of the Annuity Society of Limerick City, by the Limerick Journal of 13 March 1769. Indicative, perhaps, of either necessity or business acumen, his August 1773 advertisement in the Limerick Chronicle showed him branching into another trade in parallel with silversmithing, announcing that he 'has lately laid in an assortment of goods'; these mostly consisted of various kinds of luxury fabrics. He was still resident at Quay Lane when registering in Dublin in 1784 but by December 1789 his shop in Quay Lane, now named Bridge Street, had been taken over by Maurice Fitzgerald. (Bowen and O'Brien, 2007 p202)

 

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