Arthur J. Stone (born
1847 in
Sheffield-
1938) a leading American silversmith, was trained and worked in
Sheffield,
England, and
Edinburgh,
Scotland, before coming to the United States in
1884. He was one of the last silversmiths in America to train apprentices to carry out designs in hand-wrought silver. In 1901, Stone set up a workshop in
Gardner, Massachusetts which operated under his name until its sale in
1937 to Henry Heywood. Heywood was a Gardner businessman, who renamed it The Stone Silver Shop, and later, Stone Associates. Heywood died in
1945. His sons Henry, Jr. and Jerome ran Stone Associates until
1957.
One of the silversmiths in Arthur Stone's shop was George Porter Blanchard, father of silversmith Porter Blanchard.
For more information on Stone and his work, see "Arthur J. Stone 1847-1938: Designer and Silversmith" by Elenita C. Chickering, 1994, Boston Athenaeum
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