Dyer, Walter A. (Walter Alden), 1878-1943 · New York : The Century Co. · leaf 269
en the clockmaker,blacksmith, or innkeeper, and who made spoons andsilver plate to order, made and repaired jewelry, anddid engraving. As the nineteenth century advancedthese local craftsmen became fewer until, about themiddle of the century, the trade came into the handsof large manufacturers.… … Silver porringer made by Samuel Vernon of Newport, about 1725. Truax Collection.
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