Obadiah Rich

  General notes:

Silversmith

  Events in his life were:

• Alternate Mark

• Apprenticed about 1821 to Moses Morse in Boston MA ¹⁰

• He worked from 1830 to 1832 as a silversmith in Boston MA ¹⁰

• He was a partner from 1832 to 1835 with Samuel L. Ward in Boston MA ¹⁰

• Ewer, 1835-1845
Private Collection
h: 12¼"
d: 5½"
wt: 25.5 oz

• He worked from 1836 to 1850 as a silversmith in Boston MA in association with the firm of JONES, LOWS & BALL. ¹⁰

• He was a partner from 1850 to 1865 with Jefferey Brackett and Samuel T. Crosby in Boston MA as BRACKETT & CROSBY. Rich was nearly blind by this time and did no smithing. ¹⁰