. Early silver of Connecticut and its makers . ade by him, andprobably once belonged to Governor Wol-cott. In the recent silver exhibition heldin Boston were several examples of hiswork, which prove that he was a silversmithof very high order. He was apparently for a while in partner-ship in Hartford with a man named Whit-ing, and later was a merchant in Coventryand East Windsor, dying in the latter placein 1792. Shortly after Potwines advent appearedanother silversmith, not of Connecticut lin-eage,—Pierre, or Peter, Quintard, who was ofHuguenot extraction and was born in was registere
. Early silver of Connecticut and its makers . ade by him, andprobably once belonged to Governor Wol-cott. In the recent silver exhibition heldin Boston were several examples of hiswork, which prove that he was a silversmithof very high order. He was apparently for a while in partner-ship in Hartford with a man named Whit-ing, and later was a merchant in Coventryand East Windsor, dying in the latter placein 1792. Shortly after Potwines advent appearedanother silversmith, not of Connecticut lin-eage,—Pierre, or Peter, Quintard, who was ofHuguenot extraction and was born in was registered as a silversmith in NewYork in 1731, but in 1737 moved to whatis now South Norwalk and there passed therest of his life, dying in 1762. There is acaudle-cup made by him belonging to theCongregational Church, Stamford; and inthe Metropolitan Museum, New York, aretwo fine beakers bearing his mark. Hisinventory shows that he also made gold andsilver jewelry, rings, beads, and knee andshoe buckles. New Haven, the richest town in the Col- [50].
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