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Gorham Silver / Research & Consulting
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Roster of Craftsmen: Peck to Russell
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Paine, Nathaniel R.
1850-1853 jeweller, 12 Steeple
1852-1853 jeweller, 54 Friendship
Pairpoint, Alfred J., chaser #20 (Dec. 1893); related to Thomas Joseph; 1854-1856 visits US, largely based in/near Boston; 1857 published Uncle Sam and His Country; Or, Sketches of America, In 1854-55-56. London, Simpkin Marshall, 1857
1881, 3 Jan., $16; room 62, #22; room L, #20
1890 chaser
1891 published Rambles in America, Past and Present.... Boston: Alfred Mudge Son, 1891
1893, 18 Dec. last entry; chaser #20
1896 'removed from city'
1902 not mentioned as survivor in Thomas's obit.
Pairpoint, Thomas Joseph, designer
1838, 2 July born London, son of William & Marie A.; apprenticed Paris; worked for Lambert Rawlings, London
1869, 29 Nov., $30
1870 married Ellen; 15 Aug., $50
1872-1873 designer, Gorham; resided just around the corner from George Wilkinson
1874 room 11, through 29 June, $60; March, Pairpoint & Heller in same room through 18 Dec. 1876
1875 submitted design competition for William Cullen Bryant trophy
1876 Designed & modelled the Century Vase; spent 42 weeks at a labor cost of $4000
1877 joined Meriden Britannia
1879 Aug. resigns from Meriden Britannia
1880 Mar. published Art work Silver
1880 Pairpoint Mfg. Co., New Bedford MA
1885, 1 April left New Bedford; June goes into manufacturing on his own account
1893 chaser, Nellie M. (daughter, 1865-1934)
1902, 29 Aug. died, age 64 years 1 month 27 days, diabetes; 1905 widow Ellen removed to North Attleboro MA
Parker, George Francis, designer
1872, 9 Sept. born Birmingham, eldest son of John Parker, manager at Hardeman's in Birmingham
1896 arrived in US; 10 Aug. employed; 1899 married Ethel
1902, 12 Mar. left; employed until 1916 by Reed & Barton
1916 Chief designer at Towle until his death in 1931
Peck, Ambrose R. 1841 born; 1858, 15 Nov. employed; 1863, 28 Mar. left 'to go to war': Sgt. Co. A. 10th RI Volunteer Infantry; 1865, 13 Feb. returned; 1869-1886 engraver; 1899 engraving room, acting foreman May-June; 1914, 1 Oct. pensioned, $83.33/mo.; 1927, 5 July died
Pendleton, John. 8 Dec. 1865 employed as silver polisher; from London; $18, Indenture #17
Pennell, Charles D.
1817, 14 Feb. born Portland ME, son of Charles & Dorcas
1838-1850 silversmith, 14 Steeple
1850 in Carpenter's list of 14 employees
1853 silversmith, 113 S. Main (=Budlong Simon jewelers)
1862-1874 silversmith
1879, 18 Dec. died, age 62 years 10 months 4 days
Pennell, Stephen O.
1844-1848 jeweller, 14 Steeple
1850 jeweller, 43 Canal (= Church Metcalf jewellers)
1880-1882 jeweller
Penno, Mark H.
1872, 11 June born Providence RI
1888 employed
1946, 1 Feb. pensioned
1948, 2 Aug. died
Penno, Thomas H.
1841, 18 Oct. born Providence
1865, 9 Oct. employed
1883 silversmith
1912, 1 June pensioned; removed to Oakland Beach, Warwick
1914, 7 Feb. died
Perkins, Henry. 1872, 1 Jan. employed 1 week only, $16
Pettit / Petit, Charles E., chaser, Room 62
1866, 1 Jan.-4 Jan. 1869, $20
1872, 1 Jan.- 24 Jan. 1876, $18
1874 Sept., #3 (of 3)
1876, 24 Jan. last entry
Pettitt, William
1868, 7 Sept. born England
1887, 19 April hired (or 30 May 1898 hired)
1901, 26 Mar. left
1905, 4 Dec. hired
1925 chasers' photo, absent but listed, '36 years' Silver Tongue
1928 worked on ETT set
1931, 1 May pensioned
1933, 25 April died
Pezzey, Charles Albert. 1871, 15 July employed as silversmith; from London; $18, Indenture #47
Pike, Austin Lemuel
1849 born Charlton MA, son of Jonathan & Betsey
1866, 18 Sept. hired
1880 clerk, 12 Steeple
1893 clerk; foreman, room S (15 men), $28, #16
1900 clerk, Gorham
1901, 1 Jan. pensioned, $60
1903, 20 Aug. died, age 54 years 3 months 10 days, cerebral hemorrhage, Shawomet Beach, Warwick
Place, Joseph Robinson
1843, 24 Dec. born Warwick RI, son of Robinson & Cynthia H.
1880-1893 carpenter; foreman, room EE (16 men), $20, #16
1894-1900 carpenter
1909 'Case maker'; 6 May died, age 76 years 5 months 12 days
Potter, Alfred Knight
1880, 27 July born Providence RI, son of Edward A. & Helen; 1902 graduate of Brown University; 1915 (E. A. Potter Co.) 36 Garnet
1918, 1 Oct. treasurer at Gorham (took position from Edward Holbrook)
1932 wife Marjorie Ray
1936, 18 Feb. died, age 55 years
Potter, Frank
1850, 2 Feb. born
1869, 9 Jan. hired
1916, 1 Apr. pensioned, $30
1932, 16 May died
Potter, George W.
1844 born
1867, 20 May hired at Gorham
1900-1911 silversmith; 1 July pensioned, $29/mo.
1914 no occupation
1918, 3 Mar. died
Poyton, Josiah
1849, 4 Mar. born
1868, 29 Sept. hired
1903-1922 silversmith; 16 Nov. pensioned, $69.19/mo.
1923 silversmith
1930, 7 Mar. died
Price, J. [James] Russell
1907, 8 July born York PA, son of Charles W. Russell & Ruth N. Sherfey; 1930 student at Maryland Institute of Fine & Applied Arts, won three first awards in Gorham Design Competition; 1934 taught jewelry design at evening school, RISD
1935 hired, Gorham, Director of Design
1937 instructor, RISD; wife Caroline A. Clarkson
1940 design of Lyric flatware pattern based on wife's hair style
1941 designer, Gorham; instructor, RISD
1952 designer, Gorham; designed flatware pattern Golden Snowflake; 28 Feb. resigned effective 4 Sept. but salaried consultant while Director of Design, Royal Doulton China Company, England
1963, 4 Dec. Director of Design, Gorham
1964 designed set for Shah of Iran. Charles Brandreth says Price had him work initials 'JRP' 'WGD' (for 'World's Greatest Designer') into design near Shah's head
1969 named Vice President of Design, Gorham
1971, 1 June-1 Oct., sick leave after heart attack. Among Price designs are Melrose, Camelia, King Edward, Gossamer, Hispania
1973 retired, age 65
1974, 27 Oct. died, age 67 years 3 months 9 days, heart attack
Price, William G., jeweller; partner in Gorham, Webster before his death.
1832 jeweller, 220 North Main; 'In 1837 William G. Price, a jeweler, was admitted to the Company. The name was changed to Gorham, Webster, Price. Price died in 1839, but the name apparently continued unchanged...' (Carpenter)
1838 died
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Ramar, H.. 1881, 3 Jan., $20
Rayner, R. C.. 1886, 4 Jan. room 62, $16
Rees, Charles
1844, 29 Mar. born Australia of English parents
1872, 16 Sept. hired
1880 silverworker
1893 silversmith; foreman, room JJ (8 men), $24
1894 silversmith
1900 foreman, Gorham
1912 at Gorham; 22 Jan. pensioned, $33
1914 at Gorham
1931, 29 April died, age 87 years 1 month, Union, Knox County, Maine; had been in Union 8 months
Reeves, Herbert
1871, 7 Jan. born England; foreman polishing Room Y, then P-6
1891, 27 Mar. Q. C. C. $9
1900 polisher; 12 Feb., $24; June foreman
1902, $27; 1903, $30; 1907, $33; 1910, $35; 1916, $37
1920, 19 April to salary list
1924 foreman Gorham
1925, 12 Dec. left; paid to 15 March 1926
Reeves, Herbert W.
'Herbert W.', polisher
1927, 15 Mar. died, age 22 years, son of Herbert & Martha
Regester, Arthur J., son of Charles W. Regester
1894, 16 July employed, room PP
1901, 21 Aug. left
1905 baker
1909 manager, 256 Westminster St. rm. 33
Regester, Charles W.
1840, 25 Nov. born Sheffield, England
1881, 9 Sept. arrived in US. via Port of New York; 14 Sept. employed; chaser
1882, 2 Jan., $18
1883, 1 Jan. room 62 through 4 Jan. 1886, $20
1900 wife Harriet Goodwin Regester died
1901, 9 Mar. left desk #41, transferred to room O2, #20; desk #41 vacant till June when W. Fisher moved to it; had a big greenhouse on Pleasant Street in Cranston, grew flowers; his drawings of same won prizes
1910, 1 Dec. pensioned, $30/mo.
1922, 14 Dec. died; children Ernest W., 1861-1930; Joseph H., 1863-1938; Arthur J.; Horace V.; John; Douglas; Laura, 1884-1909
Regester, Douglas
1880, 22 Feb. born England; 1881 immigrant to US
1905 silversmith at Gorham
1942 silversmit
1954, 7 Nov. died
Regester, Ernest W.
1861, 7 Feb. born England, son of Charles W.; had club foot; 1882 immigrated to US; 8 May employed
1883, 1 Jan. room 62, $12, chaser
1884, 7 Jan., $14
1885, 5 Jan.-4 Jan. 1886, $16
1900 chaser #9, $22
1909 chaser
1926, 1 Mar. to pension roll, $66.44/mo.
1930, 22 Dec. died
Regester, Horace V., son of Charles W. Regester
1903, 5 Oct. employed, $0.23 'P2 N'
1905 polisher
1910, 7 Mar. left
c. 1912 moved to Meriden CT
1922 Niagara Falls
Regester, John. 1874 born; 1951 died
Regester, John F.
1875, 10 Sept. born England, son of Charles; 1879 to US
1913 polisher
1926-1939 assistant foreman; 1947 foreman; 1950 assistant foreman
Reilly, Thomas F.
1884, 12 Nov. born Providence RI
1917, 23 April hired
1919, Jan. left, no notice; 17 Mar. reinstated
1921, 25 May left, no work; chaser at Harvey Clapp Co., Attleboro MA, 2 years
1925, 10 June 0-1-30, $0.70/hr; chasers' photo: '3 years'
1934, 17 Oct. left
Remington, Orville M., photographer at Gorham; assistant to William Coleman
1841 born Johnston RI
1862-1864 photographer at Gorham; helped in printing & finishing
1869-1883 Coleman Remington Photographers; 1883-1888 worked for Providence Evening Telegram
Rhodes, George W.
1893 silversmith; foreman, room MM (10 men), $18, #16
1894 silversmith
1900-1910 foreman, Gorham
1911 foreman, B S
Richardson, James
1871, 14 July employed as embosser chaser; from London; $18, Indenture #45; 28 Aug. room 67
1872, 5 Feb., $18; 20 May room 62; 2 Sept. last week paid
Richter, George C., enamellist
1861, 24 July born Carlsbad, Austria
1895, 16 Nov. employed
1896-1908, $1/hr.; foreman, enamelling dept. (usually himself with 2 or 3 assistants)
1900 Awarded Silver Medal at Paris Exposition
1907, 30 Mar. left
1944, 8 April died
Ring, John H., designer
1871, 3 June born
1886, 16 Aug. joined Gorham
1895-1915 designer
1938, 10 Mar. died
Risdon, Albert Charles. 15 July 1871, Plate chest maker fitter; from London; $20, Indenture #50
Robberds, George
1865, 4 Dec. Castwork chaser; from London, $18, Indenture #8; 11 Dec. Stanyon, 8th
1866, 1 Jan. Turner, 15th, $18
1870, 10 Jan. room 62, $18
1870, 1 Aug. last week paid
Robillard, Albert J. Died 10 Nov. 1992, age 78; Gorham employee of 45 years.
Robinson, George H.
1844, 3 April born Gloucester, England, son of Michael James & Caroline Mason
1875, 2 Mar. hired
1880-1893 silversmith; foreman room LL (3 men), $24
1894 silversmith
1900 foreman, Gorham
1905 Vice President of Gorham; participated in negotiations to purchase Whiting & Durgin; brought suit against Gorham & Holbrook to block purchases; removed from positions
1905, 6 March pensioned, $35
1930, 6 July died, age 86 years 3 months 3 days
Robinson, John, June 1850 employee
Rogers, David H.
1932, 4 Oct. born Meriden CT, son of Vernon & Dorothy; father a silversmith at International & then his own business at Wallingford; died 1964; mother carried on business
1960 joined Gorham as modeller; wife Audrey S.
1969 Dec. Chief Hollowware Modeller
1997, 31 Oct. retired
Rooney, Peter
1893-1895 silversmith; foreman, room NN (3 men), $11
Ross, William
1850-1853 silversmith, 12 Steeple
Roy, Fred (senior)
Roy, Fred Junior
Russell, John F.. 18 Jan. 1866, Mounter; from Birmingham, $20, Indenture #27
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