. Early silver of Connecticut and its makers . ous pursuits; in fact, were jacks-of-all-trades. Abel Buel has been cited in illus-tration of this statement, and the activitiesof Joel Allen, who was born in Southingtonin 1755, deserve equal prominence. Hewas a spoon-maker, engraver, brass-worker,carpenter, general storekeeper, and tinker,and yet he did excellent work. Opportu-nity has been given to examine his daybook, running from 1787 to 1792. In his shop he sold everything from pinch-beck * jewelry to castor hats, includingspelling-books, Bibles, dry goods, groceries,drugs, meats, and hardwa
. Early silver of Connecticut and its makers . ous pursuits; in fact, were jacks-of-all-trades. Abel Buel has been cited in illus-tration of this statement, and the activitiesof Joel Allen, who was born in Southingtonin 1755, deserve equal prominence. Hewas a spoon-maker, engraver, brass-worker,carpenter, general storekeeper, and tinker,and yet he did excellent work. Opportu-nity has been given to examine his daybook, running from 1787 to 1792. In his shop he sold everything from pinch-beck * jewelry to castor hats, includingspelling-books, Bibles, dry goods, groceries,drugs, meats, and hardware. In 1790 hemoved to Middletown, and began to en-grave for the silversmiths, working princi-pally for Samuel Canfield. In 1790 he ren-dered a bill to the Congregational Churchin Middletown for taking down the organ,adjusting and mending the pipes, putting *Chr. Pinchbeck, London watchmaker, eighteenth century,invented an alloy of three or four parts of copper with one ofzinc, much used in cheap jewelry. [68] Work of Connecticut Silversmiths. Two upper cans, height 4% inches, made by Jonathan Otis. Lower can, height 5Vi» inches, by S. Parmele; porringer, diameter 4% inches, by J. Gardiner, and pepper box, height 3 inches, by J. Benjamin. f S. Parmele (script) in cartouche J. Gardner in rectangle Marks ^ OtisI. B. script) in rectanglein oval
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