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Willaume seems to have retired about 1728 (when David II entered a mark of distinctly different type to his father) and he purchased the Manor of Tingrith, Bedfordshire. Died circa 1741. David Willaume I was an important silversmith and enjoyed the patronage of the wealthiest clients in England.
The children of his marriage were Anne, born 1691, wife of David Tanqueray, David , born 1693 and Adam and Suzzane born 1694 and 1696, both dead in infancy. Willaume makes frequent appearances in the Huguenot church registers of London as witness or godfather, and it is clear he was an outstanding member of the community.
The most important silversmith in the reported period ^Top. David Willaume I (London 1697-1728) Important Huguenot. David Willaume II (second quart of XVIII century) ^Top. Paul de Lamerie (London 1713-1751) Highly important. The most famous of the XVIII century. Paul de Lamerie: first quart of XVIII century (left); post 1733 (right) ^Top
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Berlin, DE. Square trivet, England 1725, marked David Willaume,London (1658-1741, French silversmith, working inLondon from 1686), sterling silver 925/000, decorated c...... 708: ROYAL. A GEORGE II SILVER EWER, DAVID WILLAUME, LONDON, 1740 |. Est: £ 10,000 - £ 15,000.
David Willaume, who marked this monumental set, was one of the most successful foreign-born silversmiths working in London. Description The cistern rests on a domed spreading foot assembled of three raised sections chased with two horizontal bands of gadrooning, and above, a chased band of pendant, stylized leaves below a molded arcade.
Anne Tanqueray was born in 1691 to David Willaume I, a prominent Huguenot silversmith, who had come to London from France in 1685. Career. Tanqueray's husband established a workshop, and it is likely that Tanqueray created items bearing her husband's mark.
David Willaume, who marked this monumental set, was one of the most successful foreign-born silversmiths working in London. Details. Title: Cistern and fountain. Creator Lifespan: 1658 -...
