Career
Thus, there are silver objects that bear one, two, and even three Bateman marks. All of the Batemans who worked in the family business are listed in the official registers of London"s Goldsmiths" Hall. Three Sugar Baskets, designed for sugar or sweetmeats, by Ann and Peter Bateman in the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art attest to the fashion for lavish displays at the table (sugar being newly available from the Caribbean colonies).
Their work is characterized by fine engraving and delicate beaded edges.