Augustine Courtauld Son of Augustine Courtauld, “marchand” of St. Pierre in the Ile d’Oleron and his wife Julia Giron, born 1685-6 and brought to England as an infant, traditionally concealed in a basket of vegetables. His father was described as “of the parish of St Anne’s Westminster Wine Cooper” on the apprenticeship of Augustine to Simon Pantin (Pontaine ), 9^th August 1701. The entry also contains a “Note. Made a denizen as appeared by a certificate from Mich. Hayward dat.20^th July 96”, and he appears also in the Naturalization Act of 1709 as goldsmith, St Martin in the Fields. Free of the Goldsmiths Company by service, 20 October 1708.  Married Anne Bardin 1709 . First mark entered as largeworker , 23December 1708. Address: Church Court, St Martin’s Lane.  Second (Sterling) mark, 7 October 1729. Address Chandos Street. Third mark, 6^th July 1739, same address with St. Martin’s in the Fields added. Heal records him at Church Street, 1708-29. The mark described as his second mark for toys by E. Alfred Jones (Some Silver wrought by the Courtauld Family, privately printed, Oxford 1940) is in fact that of David Clayton an error stemming from the ascription in Jackson, through a misreading of the Gothic letters. Courtauld died in Chandos Street and was buried at St Luke’s, Chelsea, leaving in his will all his utensils and patterns belonging to and used in his trade and business to his son Samuel. Is daughter Anne married, in 1738, John Jacob. He appears to have had another son Augustine whose birth, 22 December 1710, and baptism 26^th December, is recorded in the West Street Church register. He presumably died as an infant as another son was baptizes Augustine, 24^th July 1728, at Leicester Fields Church. The goldsmith’s other children were Judy, born 1 July 1714, Catherine 13 June 1715, Pierre 2 August 1716, Augustine as above, and finally Samuel 13 September1720, all baptized in Leicester Fields Church. The baptism of Anne wife John Jacob seems to be unpublished. It is clear from Huguenot records the Courtauld played an active role in the community. He appears as godfather to Augustin Fouche, 1715, (Church of the Artillery), witness to the marriage of Jean Moulinais and Judith Pascal, 1718 (Tabernacle , Glasshouse Street), godfather to David Blanchard 1720 and Catherine Tanqueray 1726 ( Hungerford Market Church), godfather to Augustin  Goujon 1744 (Leicester Fields) , and to a succession of grandchildren : Jean  son of Jean Jacob 1743, Augustin another son of the same 1747, Anne, daughter of his son Augustine 1750, Samuel Jacob 1750, and Augustin son of Samuel Courtauld 1750. As a craftsman Courtauld was versatile and fairly prolific, although, like Simon Pantin his master, chiefly occupied with domestic pieces rather than the fine ornamental pieces to which Harache, Willaume and Lamerie aspired. A representative collection of his work and that of his family following is illustrated in the work by E. Alfred Jones, quoted above, to which some of the above facts are acknowledged.