Thomas Arnold

  General notes:

Silversmith

  Events in his life were:

• Alternate Mark

• He worked from 1760 to 1817 in Newport RI ³

• Cann, c 1760-1800
Boston Museum of Fine Arts ⁸
h: 5"
d: 3 3/8" (base)
wt: 11 oz, 3 ½ dwt
One of a pair.

• Beaker, c 1760
Yale University ¹⁷
h: 4 5/8"
d: 3 3/16" (of lip)
wt: 6 oz, 17 dwt
One of three. Engraved The Gif^t of / Capt. Iohn Lyon. Dec^t, / To The First Church / In Rehoboth. The donor left "Ten pounds lawfull money" to the church with which these beakers were bought.

• Appointed in 1774 as Delegate to conventions in Philadelphia in Newport RI ³

• Appointed in 1789 as Justice of Peace in Newport RI ³

• Advertised in the Newport Mercury (Newport RI), 2 Aug 1796, reporting lost silver bearing his mark. ³

• Master to William Stoddard Nichols about 1798 in Newport RI. ³

• Appointed Inspector of Customs, Port of East Greenwich in 1817. ³

• Shop at Thames Street; proprietor of pew and member Trinity Church; subscribed to fund for new bell; took care of clock there for years. He made three beakers for Newman Congregational Church in 1760. Employing the simple lines of Queen Anne style, created a functional and pleasing design. Prominent citizen of Newport. Silversmith activities recorded in Newport Historical Society publications. Received M.A. degree at college in Providence (Newport Mercury, Sept. 12, 1774); elected member of faculty; chosen Trustee in 1800. Newport Historical Society Magazine, 1881-82 refers to him as a highly respected silversmith of Newport. ³

Thomas married Eliphal Wyatt on 16 Sep 1757 in Bristol RI. (Eliphal Wyatt was born about 1736 in Middletown RI.)