biography
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| male
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| lived:
| (1645–1718)
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| biography:
| Silversmith, engraver, and painter, born in Newbury, Massachusestts, USA. Known as the first American-born silversmith, he completed a Boston apprenticeship with John Hull and went on to make some of the finest silver pieces of his time. He is said to have introduced the ornamentation known as gadrooning, curved flutings cut on the surface of silver. |
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