John Silk. Gunmaker

John Silk

Gun Maker

Dublin

John Silk trade card/label advertising Nock's patent breech.
Our sincere thanks to the owner for photography.

John Silk and the Earl of Clanricarde are covered in Duelling Pistols and some of the affairs they settled by John A. Atkinson. Cassell & Co Ltd., London. 1964. 
Pages 76,77 & 78..


Refer to previous blogs related to Dublin gunmakers using Nock patent trade card/label

9/1/2016
29/11/2015
27/11/2015

                  Trading dates and addresses for John Silk.

            1800                 Leinster Street.  (F. Carroll)* see below.     

            1801-1802         Abbey Street.

            1803-1805         195 Abbey Street.

John Silks first known trades directory entry for 1802

Alley	William		6 Abbey Street
Blackall	Eliza		40 Fishamble Street
Clarke	Nicholas		35 Capel Street
Devereux	Michael		3 Blackall Row
Devine	Thomas		194 Abbey Street
Dobson	James		32 Skinner Row
Eames	Elizabeth		1 Duke Street
Edwards	Thomas		60 Abbey Street
Fowler	Thomas		14 Capel Street
Gray	John		1 Bride Street
Haskey	Thomas		16 Upper Ormond Quay
Hutchinson	Michael		8 Dame Street
Mc Dermott	Farrell		2 Abbey Street
Meredith	Charles		16 Fishamble Street
Morton	William		28 Castle Street
Muley	Daniel		28 Parliament Street
Pattison	Thomas		1 Clarence Street,Nth Strand
Quinlan	Daniel		10 Werburgh Street
Rigby	John		19 Suffolk Street
Rumbold	William		17 Lwr Ormond Quay
Silk	John		Abbey Street
Tomlinson	Robert		123 Capel Street
Trulock	Thomas		50 Barrack Street
Wheeler	Oliver		5 Gt Ship Street
Willett	Robert		23 Eustace Street

       

 John Silk originally listed by M.S. Dudley Westropp, MRIA. 

Journal Arms & Armour Society, 1957.

Vol.11. No 1.

* John Silk  listed F. Carroll. Irish Gunsmiths and Sword Cutlers. The Irish
Sword Vol.III No.10 1957.

In a future blog we will look at this gunmakers work.

We are always interested in any information related to this gunmaker.

Dave Stroud. ramrodantiques.co.uk