• Born: 12 Aug 1705, Newport RI
• Died: 1770, Providence RI

  General notes:

Silversmith

  Events in his life were:

• Alternate Mark.

• Alternate Mark.

• Alternate Mark.

• Alternate Mark.

• Alternate Mark.
  While this mark has been ascribed to Clarke by several authorities, it remains in question. It is found with the J:Clark above on the RISD teapot and (independently) on the punch strainer shown below, but it is possible that both pieces were 'bought in' by Clarke from Boston silversmith Thomas Clark, whose T. CLARK mark in a shaped cartouche is nearly identical in form. Both pieces exhibit a sophistication of form that is unlikely for a smith working in Newport or Providence at the time of Clarke's career. The decorative engraving on the teapot, for example, is distincly more adept compared to the rather crude N * E monogram.

• He worked in 1734-1755 as a silversmith in Newport RI ³

• Flynt & Fales. Ensign in 1735 and Captain in 1742 ³

• Example: Placespoon, circa 1740, in Private Collection. L: 7 5/8"
  Engraved C over I • M. Bowl tip has been replaced.

• Example: Tankard, circa 1745, in Private Collection. H: 7 3/4"
  wt: 26 oz, 10 dwt.
  Engraved on handle T over P * M and S over I * M.

• Appointed: Justice of Peace, in 1750, in Newport RI. ³

• He worked after 1755 as a silversmith in Providence RI ³

• Flynt & Fales: 4 Dec 1759. Letters listed in Newport Mercury refer to him as goldsmith.
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• Example: Teapot, circa 1760, in Rhode Island Institute of Design. H: 3 5/8"
  Engraved "N * E" on bottom and "1841 / Mary Hazard / to / Dr. Enoch Hazard"

• Example: Porringer, in Private Collection. H: 1 7/8"
  d: 5 1/2 (bowl)
  wt: 8 oz
  Engraved S * P over M * H.

• Example: Strainer, in 1765, in Yale University. H: 1 13/16
  d: 4 11/16 (bowl)
  wt 5 oz, 13 dwt
  Pierced holes spell out: JABEZ BOWEN PROVIDENCE JANUARY 1765. Listed in Bowen's estate inventory, 1815. ¹³