Arthur John Stone, born 26 Sep 1847, died 6 Feb 1938
American Silversmiths

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Arthur John Stone
(1847-1938)

 

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Spouses/Children:

Elizabeth Estelle Bent

Arthur John Stone

  • Born: 26 Sep 1847, Sheffield Essex England
  • Marriage: Elizabeth Estelle Bent on 2 Jun 1896 in Gardner MA
  • Died: 6 Feb 1938, Gardner MA

  General notes:

Silversmith

  Events in his life were:

  • Apprenticed from 1861 to 1868 to Edwin Eagle in Sheffield Essex England
  • He worked as a journeyman silversmith from 1868 to 1884 spending some time in Edinburgh and with JOHN DIXON & SON back in Sheffield.
  • He worked from 1884 to 1887 as a silversmith in Concord NH for WILLIAM DURGIN & Co.
  • He worked from 1887 to 1894 as a silversmith in Gardner MA for FRANK W. SMITH SILVER COMPANY, as designer and head of the holloware department.
  • He was a partner from 1895 to 1897 with Joseph P. Howard in New York City NY as HOWARD & Co.
  • He worked from 1898 to 1900 as a silversmith in Gardner MA doing contract work as an independent designer.
  • He worked from 1901 to 1937 as a silversmith in Gardner MA establishing, with his wife, an independent studio dedicated to hand-wrought arts & crafts silver.

Arthur married Elizabeth Estelle Bent on 2 Jun 1896 in Gardner MA. (Elizabeth Estelle Bent was born on 23 Nov 1858 in Gardner MA and died in 1942 in Gardner MA.)




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