Ebenezer Coker (active 1738-1783), was the son of a cheese merchant from Hertfordshire. Although the date of his birth is unknown he was apprenticed to Joseph Smith in 1728. After about ten years Coker established his own business and registered his first mark in 1739. He made high-quality silver, specialising in silver candlesticks and large silver plates or salvers. He was based in Clerkenwell Green in central London all his working life, eventually being declared bankrupt in 1781, two years before his death. Reference: Victoria and Albert Museum
Ebenezer Coker Silver Makers Mark
A George III silver taperstick by Ebenezer Coker, London 1768 With a removable drip-pan, the stem and base with shell and gadroon decoration, height 16.5cm; together with a further taperstick, by Lewis Black, London 1764, height 15.5cm, weight 13oz. (2)
Sold for £ 687 inc. premium at Bonhams in 2018
A PAIR OF GEORGE II SILVER CANDLE-SNUFFERS AND STAND THE STAND MARK OF EBENEZER COKER, THE SNUFFERS MAKER’S MARK I:B, BOTH LONDON, 1763 The stand on shell feet, the snuffers scissor-action, chased with diaperwork and later engraved with initials ‘EN’, marked underneath stand and inside each arm of snuffer, the stand further engraved with a scratchweight ‘9=12’ the stand 7 5/8 in. (19.5 cm.) wide 13 oz. 7 dwt. (415 gr.)
Sold for GBP 625 at Christies in 2018
Ebenzer Coker and Thomas Hannam, London, 1759, George III Sterling Silver Waiter circular shaped, shell and gadroon rim, engraved floral decoration, crested ‘Campbell- Vix ea nostra voco’ (I scarcely call these things our own), on three stepped hoof feet diameter 19cm weight 294 grams
Sold for A$550 at Shapiro Auctioneers in 2013
A suite of three George III silver salvers, Ebenezer Coker, London, 1770 comprising: a circular salver and two waiters, with a cast and pierced scroll foliate borders, on three openwork pad feet, each engraved with armorials within a floral circular cartouche largest 34cm., 13 3/8 in. diameter and smaller 19cm., 7 1/2 in. diameter 1846gr., 59oz. 6dwt. total
Sold for 3,125 GBP at Sothebys in 2018
