Baldwin Gardiner

  General notes:

Silversmith

  Events in his life were:

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• He was a partner from 1814 to 1817 with Thomas Fletcher in Philadelphia PA together with brother Sydney, as FLETCHER & GARDINER with shop at Chestnut and Third Street. ⁶

• He was a partner from 1815 to 1826 with Lewis Veron in Philadelphia PA as GARDINER & VERON, fancy hardware merchants with a shop at 93 Chestnut Street.

• Cheese knife, c 1820
Private Collection
l: 7"

• Tablespoons, c 1820
Private Collection ¹
l: 8 ¾"

• Advertised in the Philadelphia Gazette and Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia PA), 17 May 1823, for BALDWIN & VERON.

• He worked from 1827 to 1848 as a silversmith and merchant in New York City NY as B. GARDINER & Co, a fancy hardware and lighting store, which included a silver manufactory. ⁶

• Water pitcher, c 1830
Private Collection
h: 9¾"
wt 30 oz

• Coffeepot, c 1830
Private Collection
h: 11½"
d: 6½"
wt: 35 oz

• Ewer, 1833-1834
Private Collection
h: 17¼"

• Coffee urn, c 1835
Private Collection
h: 12.8"
w: 9.2"
d: 11.5"

• Teapot, c 1835
Private Collection
h: 7½"
wt: 26 oz

Baldwin married Louise Leroy Veron, daughter of Etienne Veron and Mrs. Etienne Veron, on 26 Oct 1815 in Philadelphia PA. (Louise Leroy Veron was born on 2 Nov 1796 in Boston MA.)