Setting the Table: Coin Silver Tableware in Early America
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Name
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Setting the Table.pdf
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Speaker
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Rt. Wor. F. E. "Eddie" Pearson II
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Presented
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Virginia Research Lodge No. 1777
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Date Presented
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05/20/2017
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Category
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History
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Keywords
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American History;#Masonic History
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Spreading
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194
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Pages
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Summary
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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.