AN IRISH TALLOW CHANDLER'S SOAP BOILERS AND WAX LIGHT MAKERS LIVERY SEAL
AN EARLY 18TH CENTURY EBONY AND SILVER DESK SEAL
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
Auction: 17 September 2024 from 10:00 BST
Description
the turned double baluster handle, to a silver collar engraved Joseph Sotheran, Christopher Inch and John Whitmoor/ Master/ Wardens Ian: ye 7th 1701 / 3, the silver oval matrix engraved with the coat of arms for the Tallow-Chandlers
Dimensions
10.5cm (high overall), 3.6cm x 3.1cm (matrix)
Provenance
The Matrix Collection
Footnote
Tallow is the rendered fat of cattle and sheep, and a chandler is a maker and seller of candles. A guild for the Tallow Chandlers in Dublin was founded in 1583 and granted a royal charter in 1674.
It is recorded in the Dublin City Archives that a John Whitemore, Tallow Chandler, received the Freedom of the City by service in midsummer 1697. A Christopher Inch, Weaver received the Freedom at Christmas the same year by Act of Parliament and a Joseph Sothern is recorded as being christened at St Michan, Dublin on the 12 March 1652 and married at the same church in 1678.
