The practical book of early American arts and crafts . CHARACTERISTIC CONTOURS OF FOURTH CHRONOLOGICAL DIVISION c. , Table-spoons and Tea-spoons, Coffin-headed and Fiddle-headed; 7 and 8,Cream Pitcher and Hot Water Jug; 9, Cup or Can; 10, Moulded Teapot; H, GadroonedOblong Sugar Bowl; 12, Moulded Cream Pitcher; 13, Moulded Oblong Sugar Bowl;14 and 15, Mugs or Cups. CHRONOLOGICAL SEQUENCE OF CHARACTERISTIC CONTOURS1-4, Mugs; 5, Beaker; 6 and 7, Cans; 8-11, Teapots; 12-16, PorriDEer. Bowls and Sugar Bowls- 17-21, Cream Pitchers SILVER; DOMESTIC AND ECCLESIASTICAL 103 at an early da
The practical book of early American arts and crafts . CHARACTERISTIC CONTOURS OF FOURTH CHRONOLOGICAL DIVISION c. , Table-spoons and Tea-spoons, Coffin-headed and Fiddle-headed; 7 and 8,Cream Pitcher and Hot Water Jug; 9, Cup or Can; 10, Moulded Teapot; H, GadroonedOblong Sugar Bowl; 12, Moulded Cream Pitcher; 13, Moulded Oblong Sugar Bowl;14 and 15, Mugs or Cups. CHRONOLOGICAL SEQUENCE OF CHARACTERISTIC CONTOURS1-4, Mugs; 5, Beaker; 6 and 7, Cans; 8-11, Teapots; 12-16, PorriDEer. Bowls and Sugar Bowls- 17-21, Cream Pitchers SILVER; DOMESTIC AND ECCLESIASTICAL 103 at an early date. It was not long after the period ofsettlement of Boston and Philadelphia before there wasa demand for silverware by colonists whose affairs hadprospered, and, in response to the demand, silver-smiths, or goldsmiths, as they were often termed, beganto ply their craft and proved themselves skillful mastersby the quality and design of their handiwork. As earlyas 1634, John Mansfield, a silversmith, seems to havebeen working in Charlestown, Massachusetts, but nopieces of his work have been identified. In Boston silversmithing began before the close ofthe first half of the seventeenth century, and a mint,of which John Hull of pine-tree shilling fame was chosenmaster, was set up there in 1652. The profitable tradedriven by New England with the English and Spanishcolonies t
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