Mary Ann Croswell (died 1830) was an

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silversmith. Croswell was the widow of

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Henry Croswell I, and registered her first mark on 21 May 1805, following with a second on 29 August 1816. A smallworker like her husband, she gave an address of 31 Monkwell Street in

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. In October 1819 her son Henry Croswell became her apprentice. She may have been active as late as 1830; her will, in which the business was left to her son, was proved on 29 January that year. Other apprentices besides her son included Joseph Price and John Goodluck. A George III

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of silver and coral, dating to 1808 and attributed to Croswell, is in the collection of the

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