RARE Manuscript Document Signed - Isaac Marquand & Paulding Silversmith 1816 NY

Description: RARE Important Manuscript Document Shares of Stock of New York Manufacturing Company - Investment / Transferred to Help Marquand & Paulding - Silversmith Business Signed by Isaac Marquand - Famous Silversmith City of New York 1816 For offer, a nice old piece of ephemera! Fresh from a prominent estate in Upstate NY. Never offered on the market until now. Vintage, Old, Original, Antique, NOT a Reproduction - Guaranteed !! Interesting and important document. Two hundred shares of stock (equal to $7,563.00 then) in the New York Manufacturing Company sold to invest in silversmith company of Marquand & Paulding. Reuben Crump, Abraham Bussing and Isaac Marquand, all prominent NY businessmen, involved in this transaction. Signed by Marquand. Also signed by witness, James M Harris. Dated December 20, 1816. This is the year Marquand moved to New York to start his business there, and this document shows the early investment to get that business going. 12 5 /8 inches tall - One page manuscript on 4 page folded paper. In good to very good condition. Fold marks. NOTE- Will be sent folded, as found for ease in shipping. Please see photos. If you collect 19th century Americana history, American documents, United States of America, etc. this is a treasure you will not see again! Add this to your image or paper / ephemera collection. Important genealogy research importance too. Combine shipping on multiple bid wins! 2271 The oldest jewelery house in America, Black, Starr & Frost was founded as Marquand & Paulding in Savannah, Georgia in 1801. In 1810, Isaac Marquand moved to New York, consolidating the company with several other firms Isaac Marquand and Cornelius Paulding, working in partnership in Savannah between 1801 and 1810. During this time, Isaac Marquand's nephew Josiah Penfield was apprenticed to the firm in Savannah. In 1810, Isaac Marquand moved to New York, and the firm became known as Marquand, Paulding & Penfield, operating from 1810 to 1815. It operated in NY, New Orleans and Savannah One of the oldest American jewelers, Black Starr and Frost was famously sung about in Marilyn Monroe's ''Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend'', alongside Tiffany, Cartier, Gorham and Harry Winston. In 1810, Isaac Marquand founded Marquand & Co. at 166 Broadway in New York. When the Marquand family subsequently withdrew from the business in 1839, Mr Ball and Mr Black, together with their cashier, Eratus 0. Tompkins, took over and the firm became known as Black, Ball & Co. The company received much publicity in 1851 when they displayed an exquisite 4 -piece tea service made of pure gold at the London Crystal Palace exhibition and again in 1859, when they provided $100,000 worth of diamonds and pearls to "The Diamond Wedding" between Frances Amelia Bartlett and Don Esteban Santa Crus de Oviedo. In 1860 Black, Ball & Co. were the first to build a fire-proof building in New York, also installing the modern safe deposit system in their vaults. The building was one of the finest of its time and became a cultural landmark. Cortland Starr and Aaron Frost joined as partners in 1876 and the name was amended to Black, Starr & Frost as we know today. Throughout the years, the firm catered to royal families and dignitaries from Europe and America. The Prince of Wales, the Vandebilts and Guggenheims and Carnegies were all patrons of the boutique. From 1920 - 1962, a partnership was formed between Gorham and Black, Starr & Frost and the firm was named Black, Starr & Gorham. Following their separation, Black, Starr & Frost merged with Marcus & Co. Since 2006, Black Starr & Frost has been owned by Alfredo J. Molina. Isaac Marquand (1766-1838) Norwalk, CT 1780-1787 (apprentice to his uncle, Jacob Jennings)Fairfield, CT c. 1787-1790Edenton, NC 1791-1796Savannah, GA 1800-1803New York, NY 1804-1838 Silversmith, clockmaker, and watchmaker. Partnerships:Whiting & Marquand with B. Whiting c. 1787-1790.Marquand & Paulding (I) with Cornelius Paulding 1801-1809.H. Lord & Co. c. 1805 (concurrent).Marquand, Paulding & Co. 1809-1810.Marquand, Harriman & Co. 1810-1811.Marquand, Paulding & Penfield 1810-1815 (concurrent).C. Paulding & Co. 1810-1815 (concurrent).Marquand & Paulding (II) 1810-1815 (concurrent).E. Barton & Co. with Erastus Barton 1815-1823. Directory listings:1825 New York Dir.: listed as a merchant, 166 Broadway, New York, NY1829 New York Dir.: listed as a merchant, 166 Broadway, New York, NY A silversmith is a metalworker who crafts objects from silver. The terms silversmith and goldsmith are not exactly synonyms as the techniques, training, history, and guilds are or were largely the same but the end product may vary greatly as may the scale of objects created. History Paul Revere with a silver teapot and some of his engraving tools.In the ancient Near East the value of silver to gold being less, allowed a silversmith to produce objects and store these as stock. Ogden states that according to an edict written by Diocletian in 301 A.D., a silversmith was able to charge 75, 100, 150, 200, 250, or 300 denarii for material produce (per Roman pound). At that time, guilds of silversmiths formed to arbitrate disputes, protect its members' welfare and educate the public of the trade.[2] Silversmiths in medieval Europe and England formed guilds and transmitted their tools and techniques to new generations via the apprentice tradition. Silver working guilds often maintained consistency and upheld standards at the expense of innovation. Beginning in the 17th century, artisans emigrated to America and experienced fewer restrictions. As a result, silver working was one of the trades that helped to inaugurate the technological and industrial history of the United States silver-working shift to industrialization. Very exquisite and distinctly designed silverware, that goes by the name of Swami Silver, emerged from the stable of watchmaker turned silversmith P Orr and Sons in the South Indian city of Madras (now Chennai) during the British rule in 1875. The Beta Israel known more widely as the Falasha of Ethiopia were known for their silversmithing skills. Tools, materials and techniques Dish made by hand-hammeringsaw (jeweler's saw)snipsflat filejewelers' filesplanishing hammerraising hammercross-pein hammerball-pein hammeranvilsstakesswage blocksrivetingsilver hard-solderfluxboraxboric acidtorch or blow-pipepickle (Dilute sulphuric acid or organic acids which are used to remove firescale[3])buffing wheelspolishing compounds.chasingrepousséengravingSilversmiths saw or cut specific shapes from sterling and fine silver sheet metal and bar stock, and then use hammers to form the metal over anvils and stakes. Silver is hammered cold (at room temperature). As the metal is hammered, bent, and worked, it 'work-hardens'. Annealing is the heat-treatment used to make the metal soft again. If metal is work-hardened, and not annealed occasionally, the metal will crack and weaken the work. Silversmiths can use casting techniques to create knobs, handles and feet for the hollowware they are making. After forming and casting, the various pieces may be assembled by soldering and riveting. During most of their history, silversmiths used charcoal or coke fired forges, and lung-powered blow-pipes for soldering and annealing. Modern silversmiths commonly use gas burning torches as heat sources. A newer method is laser beam welding. Silversmiths may also work with copper and brass, especially when making practice pieces, due to those materials having similar working properties and being more affordable than silver. Related and overlapping trades Band made of silverAlthough jewelers also work in silver and gold, and many of the techniques for working precious metals overlap, the trades of jeweler and Silversmith have distinct histories. Chain-making and gem-setting are common practices of jewelers that are not usually considered aspects of silversmiths. The tradition of making (iron / plate) armor was interrupted sometime after the 17th century.[citation needed] Silversmithing and goldsmithing, by contrast, have an unbroken tradition going back many millennia. The techniques used to make armor today (whether for movies or for historical recreation groups) are an amalgam of silversmith forming techniques and blacksmith iron-handling techniques. Notable and historical silversmithsMain page: Category:SilversmithsCompaniesGarrard & Co**Reid & Sons***PeopleAcragasKurt AepliHester BatemanJocelyn Burton*Adam Byrne*Benvenuto CelliniStephen Emery, early American silversmithThomas GermainFrançois-Thomas GermainIsaac HuttonGeorg JensenSampson MordanJean-Valentin Morel, French jeweler and craftsmanPaul Revere, American silversmith, manufacturer, and patriotAtsidi Sani (Old Smith in English), the first known Navajo silversmithAlfredo SciarrottaSequoyah, Cherokee silversmith, inventor of the Cherokee syllabaryAlice SheeneRobert WelchEdward Winlsow Early American silversmith

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