Item 3 - Sugar Castor Dredging Portion Unpierced

Thomas Bamford was the son of Thomas Bamford a malster from Uttoxeter in Stafford County and apprenticed to Charles Adam on 18 August 1703. Bamford and his wife Judith had three sons and two daughters. Bamford entered two marks on 5 January 1720, a third on 27 June 1720, and a fourth on 18 July 1739. Bamford, like his master Adam, was known to be a '[s]pecialist castermaker' and later this designation would also be given to Bamford's apprentice Samuel Wood. This bibliographic information is available in Grimwade's London Goldsmiths on p. 429 and his marks are visible on p. 20 (5 January 1720, two marks), p. 192 (27 June 1720) and p.194 (18 July 1739).