Item 14 - Tea caddy (used as wafer box)

After the death of Jonathan Bateman, Ann(e) Bateman's husband and Peter Bateman's brother and former partner, Peter and Ann(e) Bateman entered into a partnership. This partnership was active from 2nd May 1791-8th November 1805. They entered their first mark on 2nd May 1791 at Bunhill Row. In January of 1800, Ann(e)'s son William joined the two and they registered a new mark. At Ann(e)'s retirement, Peter and William registered a new mark on 8 November 1805. They continued working together until 15 February 1815 when William entered a new mark alone, it is presumed that the registration of this new mark signified Peter's retirement. The dates of Peter's life are noted as 1740-19th November 1825. Ann(e) is noted to have been born in Dowling in 1748 and to have died sometime before 1813. This information, and more about the subsequent iterations of the Bateman family's platework partnerships, may be found in Grimwade's text on pages 433-434 and the marks mentioned above on page 156 of the same text signified by nos. 2140-2143.