House and Garden 
Silver tankard, Mrs. William 
West, Salem, Mass. 
Tankards, pre-Revolutionary time, 
from a Salem collection 
Tankard, Mrs. D. P. Page, 
Newburyport, Mass. 
mint-master for Massachusetts in the old clays ot the 
Pine Tree Shillings. His name, together with that ol 
his daughter Betsey, has been immortalized by Haw¬ 
thorne. 
That Captain Hull did not have a monopoly of his 
trade is proved by the fact that a beaker, which was 
presented to the Dorchester church in 1672, was made 
by one David Jesse. Also, a certain Jeremiah 
Dummer, brother of Governor William Dummer,was 
apprenticed to John Hull, to learn the silversmith’s 
trade, in 1659, and has sent out much work stamped 
with his own name. He also taught his trade to his 
brother-in-law, John Cony, who engraved the plates 
for the first paper money that was ever made in 
America. 
Most famous of all New England silversmiths, 
was Paul Revere. Besides the historic 
associations connected with his name, 
these works are most attractive in 
themselves, showing an excjuisite finish 
and great beautt ofworkmanship; there 
are no certain marks to distinguish his 
work from that ol his lather, as each 
used the stamp, “P. Revere.” 
Of the many silversmiths ol New 
York, none are so early in point ol time 
as th ese New England men whom I 
have mentioned. Not until the middle 
of the eighteenth century did a certain 
George Ridout come 
over Iroin London, 
and set up in busi¬ 
ness “near the 
Ferry stairs.” 
He has lelt 
us beau- 
tilul candlesticks, marked with his name, and by 
these is he remembered. At about the same time 
Richard Van Dyck, tracing his lineage to the Knick¬ 
erbockers, made very handsome fiat-chased bowls, 
and Myer Myers, seemingly ol similar origin, set his 
stamp upon finely proportioned pint cans, having 
an ear-shaped handle and a pine-cone finial. 
At a later date, shortly subsequent to the Revolu¬ 
tion, a silversmith named Tragees made heautilul 
sugar bowls with urn-shaped finials; and Cary Dunn, 
who held a position in the Custom House, designed 
e.xquisitely engraved teapots, having the cover sur¬ 
mounted by a pineapple as the emblem of hospitality, 
d'hese early makers stamped their names plainly 
upon their work, so that the task of approximating 
their age is thus rendered easy. 
In most families silver spoons of 
various patterns have been preserved 
lor generations. Some ol these were 
brought from England, with other 
treasures of family silver, and are 
excellent examples ol seventeenth 
century ware. Up to that time, tea¬ 
spoons had been made with very deep 
round or pear-shaped bowls and very 
short handles. Toward the middle 
ol the seventeenth century, they 
assumed more nearly their present 
form, having handles twice as long 
as they had pre¬ 
viously possessed, 
a n d b owls 
oval or ellip¬ 
tical. 1 he 
new style 
Silver owned by Mrs. H. P. Benson, Salem, Mass. 
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