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Luton Hoo Collection 1706 Ewer and dish. Fishmonger's Company 1708 Wine-cistern and fountain. Duke of Brunswick 1711 Pair of mounted ivory vases. Wilding collection, British Museum 1713 Punch bowl and cover. Trinity Hall, Cambridge 1718 Ewer and dish. Ex Hearst Collection 1938 1725 Toilet service. Ex Collection of Viscount Cowdray 1726 Ewer and ...
Biography. Huguenot goldsmith-banker in Charing Cross and St James, London born in Metz c.1658 who was endenizened in 1687, free in 1693/4 and mark as largeworker entered in 1697. Retired about 1728 when his son David Wiillaume II succeeded him. He died earlier than 1741. His daughter Anne married David Tanqueray (qv).
Maker David Willaume. Britannia standard silver. David Willaume, Huguenot maker, born 7 June 1658, son of Adam Willaume, goldsmith of Metz on the Pont des Morts. His first mention in London was in 1686 at the Windsor Castle, Charing Cross. Married Marie Mettayer 1690. Free 1693/94 as David Williams. First mark as largeworker undated probably 1697.
Drawn from the Museum's permanent collection, this exhibition presents some 30 pieces of silver by such important eighteenth-century English silversmiths as David Willaume and Paul de Lamerie. It also includes examples of the major eighteenth-century styles, from the simple forms of the Queen Anne style in the early years of the century, to the exuberant shapes and decoration of the Rococo ...
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.
Jan 1, 2004 · Great names from the story of English silver are present, from Paul Storr and the royal goldsmiths Robert Garrard, Philip Rundell and Benjamin Pyne, to leading Huguenots, such as John Hugh le Sage, David Willaume and Edward Feline.
- Robin Butler
Materials and techniques. Silver, engraved with case handles and case, applied ornament on a matted ground. Brief description. Silver, English (London), 1720-25, David Willaume. Physical description. Two-handled cup and cover with single, pedestal foot with gadrooned decoration, a rounded base applied with "cut card" work and large scroll handles.
