Arundel Square
The Silversmith's Wife
Did you know?
1
Silver was expensive for a reason
Silver was widely bought as it held value, which would not decrease because the percentage of silver did not change.
Anastasia was not the only female silversmith
2
Anastasia Fleming wasn’t the only female silversmith working in Ireland at the time, another was in Dublin - Catherine Fox.
Arundel Square
Timeline
1777
Henry Alcock became Mayor of the city of Waterford and served a term of one year.
1778
Silversmith Anastasia Fleming was commissioned to make silver presentation pieces for the outgoing Mayor. The fact she was Catholic and a woman and still received the commission points to Waterford’s tolerance relative to other cities in Ireland at the time. Anastasia’s Father-in-law, husband and son all were silversmiths too, so evidently this was a family business.
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