silver - Dick, Alexander
Dick, Alexander. Alexander Dick (c.1791-1843) arrived in Sydney as a free-settler from Edinburgh in 1824 and employed a number of assigned convicts in his workshop.
Probably initially employed by James Robertson, Sydney's first non-convict silver retailer and also from Scotland, Dick soon established his own business at 104 Pitt Street as both a retailer and working silversmith.
Although himself sentenced in 1829 to seven years transportation to Norfolk Island for receiving stolen dessert spoons, he was later pardoned and returned to Sydney.
For the next ten years his firm, received many significant commissions and became one of the most prolific manufacturers of silver flatware and presentation pieces in the colony.
His mark appears on the first Australian-made racing trophy (the 1827 Junius Cup) and he was praised as the maker of the Sydney Subscription Cup, a now lost 84oz silver trophy ornamented with a gold horse finial and gold horse-heads for an 1834 race meeting.
Retiring in 1841 (the year the first silver mine opened in Australia), he died two years later leaving an estate of almost £9000.
Probably initially employed by James Robertson, Sydney's first non-convict silver retailer and also from Scotland, Dick soon established his own business at 104 Pitt Street as both a retailer and working silversmith.
Although himself sentenced in 1829 to seven years transportation to Norfolk Island for receiving stolen dessert spoons, he was later pardoned and returned to Sydney.
For the next ten years his firm, received many significant commissions and became one of the most prolific manufacturers of silver flatware and presentation pieces in the colony.
His mark appears on the first Australian-made racing trophy (the 1827 Junius Cup) and he was praised as the maker of the Sydney Subscription Cup, a now lost 84oz silver trophy ornamented with a gold horse finial and gold horse-heads for an 1834 race meeting.
Retiring in 1841 (the year the first silver mine opened in Australia), he died two years later leaving an estate of almost £9000.
7 item(s) found:
An Australian silver pair of fiddle pattern table spoons by Alexander Dick, Sydney, circa 1830 with engraved script initials 'Ref' for Robert Fitzgerald and pseudo English marks, 'A.D/lion passant/leopard's head/E/King' head/A.Dick'. (2) .…
An Australian silver set of five fiddle pattern dessert forks by Alexander Dick, Sydney, circa 1830 with engraved script initials Ref for Robert Fitzgerald and pseudo English marks, A.D/lion passant/leopard's head/E/King' head. (5) .…
An Australian silver set of five fiddle pattern table forks by Alexander Dick, Sydney, circa 1830 with engraved script initials Ref for Robert Fitzgerald and pseudo English marks, A.D/lion passant/leopard's head/E/King' head. (5) .…
An early 19th century Australian silver trophy ?The Junius cup', 'Parramatta Racing Fund', October Meeting 1827, thistle form, half-fluted, with gilt interior, on knopped stepped circular foot.…
A rare fiddle pattern soup ladle by Alexander Dick, Sydney, circa 1839, 302gms. Length 33 cm
An important early Australian presentation snuff box, by Joseph Forrester of Barclay's Jewellers, Hobart, probably for Alexander Dick, Sydney, 1838, 15 ct gold, unmarked attr Joseph Forrester, Hobart,…
Antique Australian sterling fiddle and shell pattern tea spoon by Alexander Dick, crested and with date letter E