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Pantin, Simon
(b Rouen, c. 1680; d London, 1728). English goldsmith of French birth. The son of Esaïe Pantin ( fl c. 1650–c. 1690), a goldsmith in Rouen, he was apprenticed to Pierre Harache in London c. 1694 and was made a freeman of the Goldsmiths’ Company there in 1701. His first mark, entered on 23 June 1701, incorporates a peacock, illustrating the French fashion for combining a device, usually a reference to the location of the workshop—in this case, Peacock Street—with the goldsmith’s initials. The majority of his work is characterized by plain design but heavy gauge, best illustrated by the Bowes silver tea kettle and tripod stand (1724) in the Untermeyer Collection (New York, Met.). In the same collection is a small coffeepot, milk jug and sugar bowl with cover (1727) in silver gilt, engraved with the arms of George II (reg 1727–60), and a pair of silver-gilt beer jugs, later engraved with the arms of Frederick Augustus, Duke of York (1763–1827). Although never aspiring to the grand display pieces produced by other Huguenot goldsmiths, for example Pierre Harache and David Willaume, the quality of Pantin’s work remained consistently high. After his death the business was continued by his son, Simon Pantin the younger (d 1733).
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