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David Willaume II, apprenticed to his father the master Hugeunot silversmith David Willaume I in 1707, free 1723. First and 2nd marks entered as largeworker in 1728, roughly the time of his father’s retirement. 3rd mark 1739. He became High Sheriff of Bedfordshire in 1737. Goldsmith to the King 1744 and 1746. Died 1761.
William Cripps (1715-1766), a manufacturing and retail silversmith who rose to prominence in London’s West End during the 1740s and 1740s, was trained in the workshops of David Willaume (1658-1741), a successful goldsmith and banker. Of the latter’s other apprentices the names of the following are familiar to collectors of 18 th Century ...
A FINE WILLIAM III SILVER-GILT EWER MARK OF DAVID WILLAUME, LONDON, 1700 Of helmet-form, on gadrooned spreading foot, the lower body applied with strapwork calyx, with gadrooned upper mid-band, applied with the head of Diana and a stylized shell beneath the lip, the handle formed as a scrolling female herm, the front engraved with a coat-of-arms within a foliate and scalework cartouche, marked ...
Twenty four David Willaume II sterling silver dinner plates London 1732. Hallmarked: lion passant crowned leopard's head and DW (David Willaume II). All plates having a circular form and each with gadrooned border finely engraved with a coat of arms each plate individually numbered.Measures: 9 3/4" x 3/8"Weight: 449.85 troy ounces (total)
Inscription: Pricked on back above rat-tail: E.E.W Engraved below initials: 1724 Marking: [1] lion passant (English quality mark for sterling); [2] DW between 2 estoiles, fleur-de-lis below (maker's mark for David Willaume I); [3] F[?] (mark illegible, probably a date letter for 1721–22). Location of marks: All on back of stem. Maker's mark ...
The Rockingham Wine Cistern A George I massive wine cistern Maker's mark of David Willaume, London, 1722, Britannia Standard Oval and on spreading domed foot with gadrooned border, applied with acanthus foliage, husk, basket of flowers and scroll cut-card work on a matted ground, the body with two leaf-capped scroll handles with lion's mask and tassled lambrequin finials, the body chased with ...
Inscription: On underside of base: 13-15 4067 on bezle of cover Marking: [1] WI, pellet below, two mullets above in shaped shield, (maker's mark for David Willaume) (Grimwade 3192); [2] Britannia (English quality mark for sterling); [3] Lion's head erased (English quality mark for sterling); [4] g, date letter for 1702-03.
