page_title: Grill family
section_title: Anthoni Grill (III)
hierarchical_section_title: Grill family / Anthoni Grill (III)
caption_attribution_description: Nederlands: Keizersgracht 596, Amsterdam This is an image of rijksmonument number 2665
context_page_description: The Grill family are noted for their contribution to the Swedish iron industry and for exports of iron and copper during the 18th century. Starting as silversmiths and experts on noble metals the Grills became engaged in a wide range of businesses. After 1700 the family began its rise to prominence. They owned ironworks, while operating wharfs, and importing material related to shipbuilding. The Grills benefited from mercantilist policy. With a positive balance on their account the Grills became engaged in banking, also in the Dutch Republic; around 1720 in the market for government liabilities and then mediating large credits and clearing international bills of exchange. The Grills had significant influence with the Swedish East India Company; three members became directors of the SOIC and the Grill firm traded as members of the SOIC and privately.
  All the noted Grills were in some way connected to the main Grill Trading House and to each other. Some Grills married a relative, others helped their nephews into business. In this way the Grill name was kept and passed on through the generations.
context_section_description: Anthoni Grill (1664-1727) returned to Amsterdam in 1686 and married his cousin Elisabeth Grill  in 1693. He settled as silversmith in Kalverstraat, where the Grills owned a shop almost next to a hidden church. In December 1693 he was admitted as a private assayer. Between 1702 and 1742 the Grills imported copper plates (c.q. plate money) from Sweden. As Europe’s copper supplier, Sweden exported copper and more so when the copper price was high, exporting their copper plate money as bullion. In January 1711 Anthoni and Johannes Grill (III) were appointed as assayers at the Wisselbank. From 1713 onwards, the bank reported on their profits. Until 1725, on average, nearly half of the bank profit was attributable to the activities of ten assayers. The Grills had no children and they started a courtyard with almshouses  known as Grill's hofje. They were both buried in the Oude Lutherse Kerk at Singel in Amsterdam. In 1728, his collection of fine paintings and rare objects was sold.
caption: Keizersgracht 596, owned by Anthoni (III) from 1713
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