Joseph Lownes

  General notes:

Silversmith

  Events in his life were:

• He worked from 1785 to 1816 as a silversmith in Philadelphia PA
Listed in the 1791 city directory at 130 South Front Street. ⁴

• Master to Samuel Williamson about 1787 in Philadelphia PA.

• Master to Joseph Head about 1787 in Philadelphia PA. A free black.

• Tradecard, c 1790
American Antiquarian Society

• Advertised in the Pennsylvannia Packet (Philadelphia PA), 18 Dec 1798, offering plate, silver plate, and imported tea urns. ⁴

• Master to Edward Lownes about 1805 in Philadelphia PA. ¹⁹

• Teapot, c 1810
Private Collection

• Creamer, c 1810
Private Collection

• Soup tureen, c 1810
Private Collection ¹⁶
Originally owned by Secretary of the Navy Benjamin Crowninshield and engraved with his monogram.

• He was a partner in 1816 with John Erwin in Philadelphia PA as LOWNES & ERWIN with a shop at 191 South Street. ⁴

• He was a partner from 1817 to 1820 with Josiah H. Lownes in Philadelphia PA ⁴

Joseph married Esther Middleton on 12 Jan 1786 in Philadelphia PA. (Esther Middleton was born on 27 Feb 1763 in Chesterfield NJ.)