Edward Winslow, Jr. - Silversmith
(1669-1753)
Edward Winslow, Jr. (1659-1753) by John Smibert; Yale University Art Gallery; Mabel Brady Garvan Collection 1935.153
EDWARD WINSLOW, JR., oldest child of Edward Winslow and Elizabeth Hutchinson, was born on 1 Nov 1669 and died on 1 Dec 1753. He was born and died in Boston Massachusetts the home town of his grandparents John Winslow and Mary Chilton (Mayflower passenger). He had ten children by his first wife Hannah Moody, one by his second wife Elizabeth Pemberton and none by his believed third wife Susanna Layman.
Edward was not only a prolific father but had so many interests it is difficult to imagine how he managed it all. At the time of his father's death, Edward was only thirteen years old, and whatever money his father left, was used in bringing up the family.
Jeremiah Dummer (one of America’s first silversmiths) was Edward’s master during his apprenticeship in Boston starting in 1682. Early on Edward frequently passed money on to his mother to help bring up his younger siblings. Edward practiced on his own the trade of silversmith from about 1689 to 1750. During that time he produced numerous exquisite pieces of silver craftsmanship. These include sugar boxes, tankards, flagons, flatware and chocolate pots to name a few that are presented in various collections and museums today. (In January 2002, two of Edward’s pear-shaped silver cups sold at a Sotheby auction for $335,750 each).
Several of Edwards apprentices later became famous in their own right (Peter Oliver about 1695, William Pollard? about 1703, Moody Russell about 1707, John Banks 1712 and Joseph Russell about 1715)
Edward was not only a prolific father but had so many interests it is difficult to imagine how he managed it all. At the time of his father's death, Edward was only thirteen years old, and whatever money his father left, was used in bringing up the family.
Jeremiah Dummer (one of America’s first silversmiths) was Edward’s master during his apprenticeship in Boston starting in 1682. Early on Edward frequently passed money on to his mother to help bring up his younger siblings. Edward practiced on his own the trade of silversmith from about 1689 to 1750. During that time he produced numerous exquisite pieces of silver craftsmanship. These include sugar boxes, tankards, flagons, flatware and chocolate pots to name a few that are presented in various collections and museums today. (In January 2002, two of Edward’s pear-shaped silver cups sold at a Sotheby auction for $335,750 each).
Several of Edwards apprentices later became famous in their own right (Peter Oliver about 1695, William Pollard? about 1703, Moody Russell about 1707, John Banks 1712 and Joseph Russell about 1715)
Winslow Silver Winslow Chocolate Pot
9 1/2 inches
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n the Clearwater collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, is a chocolate pot is conical in outline, made by Edward Winslow. It is engraved with the arms of Hutchinson, a family to which Winslow was closely related. The fluted base is similiar to that of contemporary objects; the wooden handle is at right angle to the duck-neck spout, the plain bulbous base of which a V-shaped tongue terminating in a cut-card leaf; the domed cover, hinged and fluted, has an open cut-card ornament surrounding the cylindrical top; a removable cap with an acorn finial is attached to a chain festened at the other end to the handle. Historic Silver of the Colonies and its Makers Tudor Publishing Company, 1948 |
Edward Winslow Sugar Box c. 1700
Obituary
The Boston Post Boy of 3 Decmeber 1753 carried the following notice: "Last Saturday night died here in the 85 year of his life the Hon. Edward Winslow, Esq. one of his majesty's justices of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Suffolk; he was also for many years sheriff of the said county and colonel of the regiment of foot of this town". The inventory of the estate amounted to £1,083.18.5 and included a "parcel" of goldsmith's tools valued at £4.63 PEK and EMW
