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Cork republican silver refers to silverware produced in the Irish city of Cork during the Irish Civil War.[1][2] Only around 60-80 pieces are known to survive.[1]
During the civil war, in the summer of 1922, Cork was for a time held by anti-Treaty forces, until it was retaken by the pro-Treaty National Army.
Barry M. Egan, managing director of the family firm of silversmiths, William Egan & Sons,[2] and unable to send silver to Dublin for hallmarking, devised his own hallmark. This hallmark depicted a two-masted, left-facing, ship with a single-towered castle to either side of it.[2][1][3] These were struck, using separate dies for the ship and the castle, to the right of the maker's mark, "WE".[2] Once silver could again be sent to Dublin, the dies were destroyed.[2]
Five pieces are displayed in Cork Public Museum.
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