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Did thomas jefferson make silverware?

April 26, 2017Arts History Humanities silverware thomas jefferson

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Did thomas jefferson make silverware?

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No – – – He commissioned several pieces and most likely drew out some designs but Jefferson was not a Silversmith. This article details Jefferson’s dealing with a famous silversmith — http://explorer.monticello.org/text/inde… However there was a famous silversmith by the name of Thomas Jefferson Shepard! http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ance… “””Thomas Jefferson Shepard Born: 15 Jan 1801, Georgetown KY Marriage: Elizabeth Woodruff in 1852 in Georgetown KY Died: 6 Feb 1875 General notes: Silversmith Events in his life were: • Apprenticed in 1817 to Alpheus Xavier Frances Shepard in Georgetown KY 5 • He worked from 1828 to 1831 as a silversmith in Louisville KY as a journeyman with the firm of BEARD & AYERS. 5 • He worked from 1831 to 1875 as a silversmith in Georgetown KY havi