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

  General notes:

Silversmith

  Events in his life were:

• Apprenticed about 1767 to Joseph Richardson in Philadelphia PA ¹
  

• He was a partner in 1777-1791 with Joseph Richardson 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.

• Coffeepot by Joseph and Nathaniel Richardson, c 1780
  Private Collection
  h: 13 1/2"
  wt 37 oz, 15 dwt

• Tankard by Joseph and Nathaniel Richardson, c 1785
  Private Collection
  h: 5 1/4"
  wt: 18 oz
  Engraved G B on lid

• Cup by Joseph and Nathaniel Richardson, 1790
  Winterthur Library ⁷
  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.

• Candlesticks by Joseph and Nathaniel Richardson, c 1790
  Museum of Fine Arts, Boston ¹⁰
  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.

• He worked after 1791 as an ironmonger in Philadelphia PA