A pair of George III/IV parcel-gilt silver salt-cellars, Joseph Cradock & William Reid, London, 1818 and 1822

Albert Woodley

Christie's New York, 26 October 2007, lot 152

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Albert Woodley

Christie's New York, 26 octobre 2007, lot 152

Having dissolved his partnership with Thomas Guest and Joseph Guest at 67 Leather Lane, Holborn, on 21 April 1812, Joseph Cradock went into business at the same address with William Ker Reid (1787-1868), with whom he entered a joint mark on 15 June 1808.¹ Trading as Cradock & Reid, the partners moved before 1815/16 to 3 Carey Street, Lincoln’s Inn, premises recently vacated by the working silversmith, Richard Cooke.² They dissolved their partnership on 7 October 1825³ after which Reid, who in 1812 had married Mary, daughter of the silversmith, Edward Barnard, moved to 5 Bream’s Buildings, Chancery Lane. Here he was eventually in partnership with his son, Edward Ker Reid (1821-1886), until retiring in 1853.⁴

^Notes

1. The London Gazette, London, 21 April 1812, p. 761a; A.G. Grimwade, London Goldsmiths, 1697-1837, pp. 477 and 639

2. Rate Books, Liberty of the Rolls, Westminster; Grimwade, p. 470

3. The London Gazette, London, 11 October 1825, p. 1846b

4. John Culme, The Directory of Gold and Silversmiths, Woodbridge, 1987, vol. I, p. 385)