Setting the Table: Coin Silver Tableware in Early America


Name
Setting the Table.pdf
Speaker
Rt. Wor. F. E. "Eddie" Pearson II
Presented
Virginia Research Lodge No. 1777
Date Presented
05/20/2017
Category
History
Keywords
American History;#Masonic History
Spreading
194
Pages
Summary
This paper provides a very detailed account of the rise of silversmithing in Colonial Virginia. The different kinds of silver used, how silversmiths mark their work, and why original silverware from the Colonial days are all explored. A brief connection to Masonry is presented about a famous silversmith who became Grand Master of Virginia.