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Cannaway (or Canneway or Caneway), Walter (1778-98)

Cannaway (or Canneway or Caneway), Walter, Head of Fleshmarket, Newcastle, carver and gilder (1778–98). On 28 February 1778 advertised in Newcastle Courant that he was capable of ‘carving up marble, wood or stone. Old square glasses are cut to any oval and framed to any taste’. [D]

The original entry from Dictionary of English Furniture Makers, 1660-1840 can be found at British History Online.