
Brandy Saucepan
1787 · Silver and wood
16.5 × 20 × 10.2 cm (6 1/2 × 7 7/8 × 4 in.)
Art Institute of Chicago

Hester Bateman was an English silversmith, renowned for her high quality flatware and ornamental silverware. A craftswoman working within the family business, she was succeeded in turn by her sons, daughter-in-law, grandson and great-grandson. The Bateman family silversmithing company lasted until the middle of the nineteenth century.
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