Bartholomew Le Roux

• Born: 1717, New York City NY
• Christened: 30 Oct 1717, New York City NY
• Died: bef 30 Mar 1763, New York City NY

  General notes:

Silversmith

  Events in his life were:

• Apprenticed about 1730 to Charles Le Roux in New York City NY ²⁸
  

• He worked from circa 1737 to 1763 as a silversmith in New York City NY ²⁸

• Made freeman of New York City NY, 15 May 1739. ⁸

• Cake basket, c 1740-1750
  Private Collection ¹
  The Livingston family coat of arms is engraved in the bottom of the basket, and a cast scallop shell crest is on the handle. It is believed to have been made for Peter VanBrugh Livingston, Revolutionary patriot and a merchant in the shipping business. Only two other American cake or bread baskets are known, both made in New York, one by Daniel Christian Fueter and the other by Myer Myers, and both shown in the 1992 rococo exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Los Angeles County Museum.