Item 4 - Cup and cover

Charles Wright's father was Thomas Wright from Sheffield who apprenticed him to Thomas Whipham for £40 on 3 June 1747. Wright completed his apprenticeship on 3 July 1754 and entered his first mark on 24 October 1757 as a largeworker jointly with his partner Thomas Whipham . Wright entered his second mark without Whipham as a plateworker on 22 July 1775, his third mark on 3 February 1780 and his fourth mark on 25 August 1780. Wright also provided evidence for inquiries into the fraudulent sale of silver plate ware of substandard composition. Wright likely retired in 1790 and and died in 1815. This biographical information and more can be found on p. 711 of Grimwade's London Goldsmiths and his marks for 1757 and 1775 can be found in the same text on p. 212 (no. 2976) and p. 42 (no. 428), respectively. Two other marks attributed to Wright, the first registered jointly with Whipham, can be found in Grimwade on p. 250 under no. 3510 (1764) and no. 3511 (1768).