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that no person shall henceforth open a shop in this Towne, nor occupy any manufacture ofscience till hee hath compleated 21 years of age, nor except hee hath served seven years Apprenticeship.” This law was especially necessary in the case of silversmiths, since they often served as local bankers as well as craftsmen, and needed the responsibility of both training and age.
The first Philadlelphia silversmiths were established as early as 1693, and from that time on Philadelphia was one of the most important centers of the craft. A member of an important family of silversmiths was the maker of the Virginia Museums of ?F!ne Art’s creampot, purchased in 1952.
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