Hester Bateman Interest: Collection of Family Samplers Worked By Descendents

Hester Bateman Interest: Collection of Family Samplers Worked By Descendents of the Important English Silversmith Hester Bateman (1708-1794), Hester Bateman Interest: Collection of Family Samplers Worked By Descendents of the Important English Silversmith Hester Bateman (1708-1794), comprising two examples by her great grandchildren, an alphabet sampler worked in coloured threads by Eliza Bateman dated 1811, unframed 24cm by 23.5cm, and an alphabet sampler worked by Augusta Bateman dated 1817, framed 28cm by 28cm, three later alphabet examples by her great great grandchildren and children of Eliza Bateman, Edith Piper dated April 28 1847 42cm by 27cm, Maria Piper dated July 16 1861, and Ann Wilson Piper dated May 26 1869, both 27cm by 27cm (all unframed), and an earlier example by Elizabeth Wilson, Eliza Bateman's aunt (on her maternal side), alphabet and verse sampler dated 1795, worked in cream and red coloured threads, framed 34cm by 33cm, (6), Eliza Bateman, Augusta Bateman, Edith Piper, Maria Pipe, Ann Wilson Piper The samplers have come through the family by descent. Hester Needham was one of England's most celebrated silversmiths. Born 1708 in London into poverty, she met and married John Bateman a modest goldsmith and chainmaker in 1732, and raised their six children whilst learning the silversmithing trade, with no formal education and remaining illiterate throughout her life. John died in 1760 and Hester on inheriting his workshop and tools, proceeded to make her name in a male dominated industry. By 1775, Hester Bateman's silver workshop at, 107 Bunhill Row, had become one of London's premier silver manufacturers, combining revolutionary production methods with elegant design whilst making her items affordable to middle-class families. The Bateman workshop operated for 82 years, finally closing in 1843

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