Postby buckler » Mon Aug 03, 2020 12:58 pm
It would appear that the partnership of Daniel Hockley and Thomas Bosworth was not a long one.
I have a buckle with what appears to be Hockley's January 1810 sole mark with a date letter for 1816/17, the mark presumably being re-used after Boswell's departure.
Daniel Hockley then appears have entered into a partnership with William Snooke Hall, a fact not recorded by Grimwade .
13 January 1818
London Gazette records the bankruptcy of Daniel Hockley [sic]and William Snooke Hall of Brooke Street, Holborn....Working Goldsmiths and Partners.
18 April 1818
London Gazette records that both were given their good conduct certificates
21 March 1818
William Snooke Hall entered a mark at Asby Square, Northampton Square
24 October 1818
Dividend meeting declared in London Gazette
Daniel Hockley subsequently emigrated to South Africa and continued as a silversmith . See Salter "Wine Labels 1730 -2003"