William Hollingshead

• Born: 11 Oct 1728, Rocky Hill NJ
• Marriage: Elizabeth Harvey on 26 Feb 1748 in Philadelphia PA
• Died: 22 Sep 1808, Bucks PA

  General notes:

Silversmith (tentative identification)

  Events in his life were:

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• He worked from 1754 to 1785 as a silversmith in Philadelphia PA from shop at the corner of Arch and Second Streets. ⁴

• Teapot, 1755-1765
  Yale University ¹³
  h: 6 3/8"
  d: 3" (base)
  wt: 19 oz, 17 dwt
  Engraved EG for Elizabeth Gray

• Advertised in the Pennsylvania Gazette (Philadelphia PA), 1757-1774, offering services to the publc as a gold- and silversmith. ⁴

• Waiter, c 1770
  Private Collection
  d: 7"
  wt 10 oz
  Engraved AW to EW over 1770 on underside.

• Coffepot, c 1770
  Private Collection
  h: 12 1/2"
  wt: 34 oz

• Teapot, c 1775
  Private Collection
  l: 8"

• Countermarked Brazilian 1746 peca, c 1783
  Private Collection
  

William married Elizabeth Harvey on 26 Feb 1748 in Philadelphia PA. (Elizabeth Harvey was born on 5 May 1730 in Dublin Ireland and died on 6 Nov 1812 in Philadelphia PA.)