Hilker, Anthony (1747-1775)
Hilker, Anthony
Husband Street, Gravel Pits, near St Ann's, London; cabinet maker, carver and gilder (fl. 1747–75)
Trade card of Anthony Hilker in Husband Street in the Gravel Pits near S.t Anns, LONDON. Cabinet Work, Carved & Gilt Frames, Ornaments, Prints Framed & Glaz'd, Maps fitted up in a new Taste, Packing carefully done and Cases made — All kinds of Goods Appraised, Funerals performed in the decentest manner, at Reasonable Rates, c.1750 [Heal,28.95]. © The Trustees of the British Museum
Bound Richard Bastallas as an apprentice in 1748 for £10 [V&A archives].
Polled at Westminster in 1749 and subscribed to Chippendale's Director, 1754.
Probably the Anthony Hilker, picture frame maker, late of Child Street, Strand, whose discharge from Debtors’ Prison was announced in the London Gazette, 12 September 1761.
Anthony Hilker submitted a bill to Sir Richard Hoare on 30 October 1747 ‘for pear tree frames carved & gilt’, costing £1 18s 1dand another to Sir Hoare on 10 April 1750 (illustrated below):
Bill of Anthony Hilker in Husband Street in the Gravel Pits near St. Ann's, London, addressed to Richard Hoare in the amount of £7 15s 7d, 1750 [Heal,28.94]. The Trustees of the British Museum
He is presumably the Mr Hilker who also charged Sir Richard £35 18s between 25 August 1747 and 22 June 1753, including payment for framing maps and a plan of London [V&A, English Manuscripts, tradesmen's bills; Sir Richard Hoare's private account, Hoare's Bank, Fleet Street].
On 7 July 1775 Nathaniel Ryder, 1st Lord Harrowby of Sandon Hall, Staffordshire, paid ‘Hilker Cabinet maker’, £1 4s [Harrowby MS Trust, Notebooks].
Source: DEFM
The original entry from Dictionary of English Furniture Makers, 1660-1840 can be found at British History Online.
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