Hannah Northcote Explained

Hannah Northcote
Birth Date:1761
Death Date:9 September 1831
Nationality:English
Occupation:Silversmith

Hannah Northcote (née Coley) (c. 1761 – 9 September 1831) was an English silversmith.

Northcote was the daughter of bucklemaker Simeon Coley;[1] at his death, on 22 June 1798, she was named among his heirs, along with two sisters and a brother.[2] She married the spoonmaker Thomas Northcote on 12 January 1788; after his death, she became a goldsmith, registering her first mark on 6 June 1798. A second mark followed on 3 December 1799. At on time she lived in Barkley Street, Clerkenwell, but by March 1800 she had moved to 9 Cross Street, Hatton Garden. At her death she was interred in Bunhill Fields, where a monument was raised in her honor.[1]

Numerous pieces by Northcote have survived.[3] [4] A George III teapot stand by her, dated to 1809, is owned by the National Museum of Women in the Arts.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Philippa Glanville. Jennifer Faulds Goldsborough. National Museum of Women in the Arts (U.S.). Women Silversmiths, 1685–1845: Works from the Collection of the National Museum of Women in the Arts. registration. 1990. Thames and Hudson. 978-0-500-23578-2.
  2. Book: The English Reports. 1904. W. Green. 508–.
  3. Web site: English Sterling Three Piece Tea Set by Hannah Northcote. Solvang Antiques. Mar 9, 2019.
  4. Web site: Hannah Northcote London Sterling Silver Soup Ladle 1799 on LiveAuctioneers. LiveAuctioneers. Mar 9, 2019.