• Born: 6 Mar 1813, Dorchester MA
• Died: 22 Mar 1876

  General notes:

Pewtersmith

  Events in his life were:

• He worked in 1840-1847 as a pewtersmith in Dorchester MA
  In 1844 he joined the utopian experiment, Brook Farm Institute of Agriculture and Education.

• Example: Fluid lamp, circa 1844-1847, in Private Collection. H: 8"
  Marked on base Brook Farm.

• Partnership: George Molineux, in 1848-1855, in New York City NY. As CAPEN & MOLINEUX.

• He appeared on the census in 1850 in Jersey City NJ. Listed as a lamp manufacturer.

• Example: Whale oil lamps, circa 1850, in Private Collection. H: 10 5/8"

• Example: Two wick lamp, circa 1850, in Metropolitan Museum of Art. H: 2 7/8"