Show N Y silversmiths were men of consequence prosperous in then craft seventeenth century new york silversmiths were were men of consequence says say s the american collector the name silversmith did not come into cimmo common n use till the eighteenth century of those who wrought a little later we know much more hendrickse trained in holland took his oath of allegiance to the king in 1675 thence onward he was a prominent figure he made jewelry rings funeral spoons and beakers and as well fashioned the silver spears pikes and sword hilts affected by the militant burghers carol van brugh was likewise a person of note ile he it was who made the gold cup presented to governor fletcher in 1693 the bullion for which was purchased for and turned over to vanderburgh van brugh ta la fashion the council providing that the revenue from the ferry be used tor for no other purpose until the bill for this was paid garrett Onele bagh who made shelleys Shel leys nassau tankard belonged to a prominent family jacobus van der spiegel was an ensign in captain walters com pany sent to albany in 1689 to protect the northern frontier against the impending french invasion later dt a captain assessor for the west ward in and in 1698 elected to the highly honorable position of constable benjamin wynkoop bartholomew and nearly all the early silversmiths ver smiths be stirred themselves in civic matters of the silversmiths who were not dutch two especially must be named john windover and the huguenot bartholomew ie roux the latter energetically es poi tsing the peoples cause at the time of the leisler rebellion in 1689 although they did not wo work rk in the seventeenth century and some of them were riot hot born till the opening years of the eighteenth such men as peter va dyck often termed the greatest of new yorks silversmiths adrian bancker simeon roumaine Sou maine the ten dycks and others ought to be mentioned in connection with seventeenth seventeen th cen tury silver they worthily carried on its tradition with only such changes as might be expected irom from conservative craftsmen in the course of orderly evolution |