James Baker
Active: 1853 - 1859
Figure maker
Institutional and Business Connections
Employed at Wedgwood (Josiah Wedgwood and Sons Ltd.)
1853 - 18 June 1859 (Presumed)
Listed in the 'Hiring Book 1837-1892' as an apprentice figure maker. Employment is recorded between these dates. Salary is recorded as beginning at 4 (presumably) shillings per week, rising to 5 in 1855 and to 6 to the end of the contract [summary].
Citing this record
'James Baker', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib4_1234957692, accessed 27 Sep 2020]
