Gabriel Sleath
English silversmith and goldsmith
About Gabriel Sleath
Lived 1674 – 1756 (aged 81–82). Gabriel Sleath was a silversmith.
Gabriel Sleath (c. 1674 - c. 24 March 1756), the son of a tallow chandler, was a London gold- and silversmith and an outspoken critic of Huguenot goldsmiths' working in England.
Sleath was born and died in Barnet, London. In 1753, he entered into a partnership with Francis Crump, his former apprentice. He signed a petition in 1711 complaining of the competition of "necessitous strangers", and in 1716 against assaying work by foreigners who had not served seven years apprenticeship.
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English silversmith and goldsmith (1674–1756)
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Gabriel Sleath was born in 1674.
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Gabriel Sleath died on 24 March 1756.
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