Sunday 28 February 2016

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 

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