Crafts in Transition: A Case Study of Two Portland Silversmiths in the Early Nineteen Century

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DOI:

https://doi.org/NaN

Keywords:

Maine Charitable Mechanic Association, Eleazer Wyer, Jr., Charles Farley, John Hall, Robert Brookhouse, coffin-end spoon, fiddle-handed spoon, Reverend Cyrus Hamlin, retail-manufacturing, rolling mills, presses, jeweler/dealers, Joseph Noble

Abstract

The article discusses the growth of skilled artisans in Portland in the early nineteenth century. It also traces the changes in the metal-working industries and how the introduction of new industrialized manufacturing methods caused the decline of these artisans.

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Published

1985-01-01

Issue

Vol. 24 No. 3 (1985): Maine History Journal

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Articles