John Albert Schanck

  General notes:

Silversmith

  Events in his life were:

• Alternate Mark overstriking the J. & T. D mark of Joseph and Tunis Dubois.

• Apprenticed about 1775 to Aaron Lane in Elizabethtown NJ

• Advertised in the Time Piece & Literary Companion (New York City NY), 22 Mar 1795-31 Mar 1797 ⁴

• New York City NY, 1795: granted administration of Garret Schanck's estate. ⁶

• Sugar urn, c 1795
Private Collection
h: 11"
w: 3 5/16" (square base)

• New York City NY, 1796-1798: listed in directories at same address as Garret Schanck. ⁴

• Advertised on 31 Mar 1797 (New York City NY), his shop at 133 Water Street, "Where he carries on business in all its branches with elegance and dispatch."
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• He worked from 1800 to 1847 as a silversmith in Middletown NJ