George B. Foster

• Born: 9 Feb 1810, Salem MA
• Marriage: Catherine Elizabeth Duncan on 18 Oct 1841 in Salem MA
• Died: 24 Jun 1881, Boston MA

  General notes:

Silversmith, jeweler, and watchmaker

  Events in his life were:

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• Apprenticed about 1826 to Edmund M. Currier in Salem MA
  

• He was a partner from 1831 to 1840 with Edmund M. Currier in Salem MA as CURRIER & FOSTER with a shop at 11 Derby Square. ³

• He worked from circa 1840 to 1850 as a watchmaker in Boston MA for the firm of HARRIS, STANWOOD & Co.

• Cup, c 1840
  Private Collection
  h: 3 ¾"
  wt: 4.5 oz
  Engraved "Hannah Bemis / to / Caroline E. Bemis"

• Teapot, c 1840
  Metropolitan Museum of Art
  h: 8¼"
  w: 9½"
  wt: 20 oz, 19 dwt

• He worked from circa 1850 to 1870 as a watchmaker in Boston MA
  Listed in city directories at 33 Tremont Street. In addition to watchmaking, he retailed silver hollow- and flatware.

George married Catherine Elizabeth Duncan on 18 Oct 1841 in Salem MA. (Catherine Elizabeth Duncan was born on 12 Aug 1813 in Salem MA.)