Jonathan Clarke (silversmith)

Tankard by Jonathan Clarke, 1735–45, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Jonathan Clarke (August 12, 1705 - 1770) was an American silversmith active in Newport and Providence, Rhode Island.

Clarke was born in Newport, Rhode Island, where from 1734-1755 he worked as a silversmith. There he served in the militia as Ensign in 1735 and Captain in 1742, and in 1750 was appointed Justice of Peace. From about 1755-1766 he was active as a silversmith in Providence, Rhode Island. His work is collected in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Winterthur Museum, and Yale University Art Gallery.

References

• American Silversmiths and Their Marks: The Definitive (1948) Edition, Stephen Guernsey Cook Ensko, Courier Corporation, 1983, page 38.
• Early American Silver in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Beth Carver Wees, Medill Higgins Harvey, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2013, page 189.
• American silver at Winterthur, Ian M. G. Quimby, Dianne Johnson, Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, 1995, page 74.
• "Newport Town Records", in The Rhode Island Historical Magazine, Volume 1,Henry Edward Turner, Risbrough Hammett Tilley, Newport Historical Publishing Company, 1881, page 163.
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• "Silversmiths: Clark to Coburn", Sterling Flatware Fashions.