The London Goldsmiths 1200-1800

Subtitle

A record of the names and addresses of the craftsment their shop-signs and trade-cards

Contributor(s)

  • Sir Ambrose Heal (author)

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Publication Date

1935

Extract(s)

CHAWNER Henry, goldsmith

Ave Mary lane. 1787

Amen Corner, Ave Mary lane. 1790-1793

No. 34 Paternoster row. 1792-1796

CHAWNER Henry & EMES John2, plate-workers

Amen corner. 1796-1808

CHAWNER Thomas, plate-worker

No. 60 Paternoster row. 1759-1799

Red Lion street, Clerkenwell. 1767

Amen corner. 1784

Ave Mary lane. 1784, 1785

CHAWNER William (see also HEMING & CHAWNER), goldsmith

No. 60 Paternoster row. 1759-1768

New Bond street. 1773

CHAWNER William & Thomas, silversmiths

No. 60 Paternoster row. 1759-1768

EMES John (see CHAWNER & EMES), plate-worker

Amen Corner. 1796-1808

Source Notes

2

The present successors of this firm are Edward Barnard & Sons, 54 Hatton Garden.

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Date Known

10 January 1798

Chawner retires from his silversmithing firm at Amen Corner, Ave Maria Lane, London, England and his partner, John Emes, becomes owner. Edward Barnard is made the firm's manager. Sources: 3

1808

John Emes, silversmith, dies and his wife Rebecca inherits his business at Amen Corner, Ave Maria Lane, London, England. She enters into a partnership with the manager, Edward Barnard and the firm begins to trade as Emes & Barnard. Sources: 3