Boulton, John snr,

48 Threadneedle St, London, upholder, auctioneer and undertaker (1761–d. 1798) 

Son of John Boulton, freeman weaver of London; app. to J. Shard armourer, on 16 November 1749, and to William Jones on 6 August 1752. Admitted freeman of the Upholders’ Co. on 15 December 1757, and master in 1793. Took apps named William White, 1761–68, and Sterry Marks, 1771–74. His son, John Boulton, admitted freeman in 1794. Died in 1798, but his name occurs in directories at 48 Threadneedle St, 1801–02, referring presumably to his son. Small bow-fronted mahogany chest-of-drawers with his label sold at Sotheby's, 19 November 1948 and a labelled mahogany clothes press is illustrated in Gilbert (1996), fig. 147, and sold Bonhams, 22 April 1993, lot 67.

Source: DEFM; Gilbert, Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture 1700-1840 (1996).