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This was Joseph Richardson, Jr.» (1752-1831). The creampot is marked JR twice on the opposite corners of the base. Our Joseph was the grandson of Francis Richardson who established the family business in Philadelphia. His two sons, Francis, Jr. and Joseph, were trained as silversmiths, but Joseph Richardson, Sr. inherited his father’s tools and business provided he remain with his mother and carry on the work at the shop until he was twenty-one.
Joseph, Jr. was especially known for his Indian medals, but if we are to judge by the Museum’s creampot, with its urn shape, its high lip and strap handle, its beading on the rim and splayed foot, and its square plinth he was equally at home with some of the most sophistocated silver forms that have ever beenfnade.
When one realizes that such a vessel had to be beaten or "raised” from a flat disc of silver, the skill of the craftsmfen becomes even more astonishing.
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