Category: History - American
Through many years before the Revolution and for a time early in the war, James Craig and James Geddy the younger were probably Williamsburg's foremost craftsmen in the jewelry, watch repairing, and silversmithing way. Geddy's shop stood on Duke of Gloucester Street "next door...
Precious metal might come into the silversmith's hands in any of three forms. One was bullion, bars of the virgin metal fresh from the mines and refineries of Mexico or Peru. An...
1. Part 1Through many years before the Revolution and for a time early in the war, James Craig and James Geddy the younger were probably Williamsburg's foremost craftsmen in the jewelry,...
3. Part 3One is the true hallmark, the symbol of the guildhall where it was assayed. That of the guild of London goldsmiths is the head of a leopard and has been in use for the nearly se...