Ann Bateman

{{Short description|British artist (1748–1813)}}

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| birth_date = 1748

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| death_date = 1813

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| nationality = English

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| occupation = Silversmith

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Ann-Olympe Bateman (née Dowling;{{Cite book | last = Campbell | first = Gordon | title = The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts, Volume 1 | publisher = Oxford University Press | year = 2006 | pages = 79 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=jGsVHV098K0C&pg=PA79 | isbn =0-19-518948-5}} 1748–1813) was an English silversmith. She married into a distinguished family of London silversmiths. She made work in the Neoclassical style in partnership with her brother-in-law, Peter Bateman.{{cite book|last1=Bly|first1=John|title=Discovering Hallmarks on English Silver|date=2000|publisher=Shire|location=Princes Risborough|isbn=0-7478-0450-8|page=24|edition=9th|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Az9HaDkeR50C&q=Ann%20Bateman%20silversmith&pg=PT21}} Peter and Ann's husband, Jonathan, joined the business established by their parents, Hester and Jonathan Bateman. Ann's first mark was registered in 1791, the year her husband died and left all his property to his wife {{Citation needed|date=December 2021}}. A third generation of Batemans, Ann's son, William, joined the partnership in 1800. 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.{{Cite book|title =London Goldsmiths 1697-1837: Their Marks and Lives from the Original Registers at Goldsmiths' Hall and Other Sources|last = Grimwade|first = Arthur|publisher = Faber and Faber |year = 1976|isbn =0-571-15238-4 |location = London}}

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Three sugar baskets, designed for sugar or sweetmeats,{{cite web|title=Sugar baskets: Gallery Label - Current |url=http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/110155/sugar-baskets-gallery-label-current |publisher=ArtsConnectEd |date=May 10, 2006 |access-date=October 30, 2015 |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304124410/http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/110155/sugar-baskets-gallery-label-current |archive-date=March 4, 2016 }} 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.