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Victorian Silver Centrepiece
“Battle of the Boyne”
Garrard, London
1862
height 70 cm; length 70 cm;
width 56 cm
maker’s mark: stamped R. & S. Garrard,
Panton St., London
Provenance
Marquess Conyngham, Slane Castle
Bibliography
S. Clarke, Great British & Irish Silver,
Works of Art, Paintings. Catalogue of
acquisitions
A magnificent Victorian silver
centrepiece commemorating William
of Orange’s victory over King James
II at the Battle of the Boyne by Robert
Garrard, London. The centrepiece
depicts two equestrian figures, the
victorious William of Orange, with
sword outstretched and an officer, Sir
Albert Conyngham, doffing his hat in
salute to his monarch whilst in front an
artillery gunner attends to a barrel of
cannon balls beside his cannon, all on a
simulated grassy mound, the ebonised
base affixed with two silver plaques, one
depicting the Boyne Obelisk, the other
depicting the defeated and dismounted
James II being assisted by one of his
soldiers whilst a groom secures his
horse, either side with applied and cut-
out arms of Conyngham flanked by a
horse and a stag.
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