• Born: 2 Apr 1754, Chester PA
• Died: 2 Sep 1827, Philadelphia PA

  General notes:

Silversmith

  Events in his life were:

• Apprenticed: Joseph Richardson, about 1767, in Philadelphia PA. ¹

• Partnership: Joseph Richardson, in 1777-1791, in Philadelphia PA. As I. & N. RICHARDSON, continuing their father's business on Front Street. When the partnership ended, he left the trade and to become an ironmonger and hardware merchant in partnership with Isaac Paxton. ⁴

• Alternate Mark. For J & N RICHARDSON.

• Alternate Mark. For J & N RICHARDSON.

• Alternate Mark. Supposedly for J & N RICHARDSON, but almost certainly a forgery.

• Example: Coffeepot by Joseph and Nathaniel Richardson, circa 1780, in Private Collection. H: 13 1/2"
  wt 37 oz, 15 dwt

• Example: Tankard by Joseph and Nathaniel Richardson, circa 1785, in Private Collection. H: 5 1/4"
  wt: 18 oz
  Engraved G B on lid

• Example: Cup by Joseph and Nathaniel Richardson, in 1790, in Winterthur Library. H: 2 3/4"
  d: 3 5/8"
  wt: 5 oz, 15dwt
  Engraved on back Magdalena Swift died 27^th March 1790 = aged 67 for Magdalena Kollock who married John Swift, collector of the Port of Philadelphia, in 1749. The engraving may have been done by James Smithers, who figures prominently in the Richardson's account books. ⁷

• Example: Candlesticks by Joseph and Nathaniel Richardson, circa 1790, in Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. H: 5 3/8"
  w: 2 7/8" (of base)
  wt: 8 oz, 14 1/2 dwt; 9 oz, 9 dwt
  This is a unique form in American silver. ¹⁰

• He worked after 1791 as an ironmonger in Philadelphia PA