Thomas Purver was apprenticed to William
Sumner I thus making him part of the Chawner company. He entered his first
mark alone on 6th October 1814 as a spoon-maker. He then entered a second mark in partnership with
Edward Furnice on 17th April 1815. Thomas Purver is assumed to have been dead by 23rd
September 1817 when Sarah Purver entered her mark. Edward Furnice had been
apprenticed to George Smith III, again part of the Chawner company. His
first mark was the partnership with Thomas Purver and his second mark,
(alone), was entered on 2nd August 1816. This means the partnership can
only have lasted just over one year. It would seem likely that whatever
illness Thomas Purver had, he had stopped work by August 1816. We don’t
know why it took more than a year for his wife to enter her mark on her own. Click on any picture to enlarge |