Cornelius Bradford

• Born: 18 Oct 1729, New York City NY
• Died: 9 Nov 1787

  General notes:

Pewtersmith

  Events in his life were:

• Apprenticed about 1742 to William Bradford in New York City NY ¹¹
  

• He worked from 1752 to 1753 as a pewtersmith in New York City NY ¹¹

• Teapot, c 1752
  Private Collection
  h: 7"

• Tankard, c 1752
  Private Collection
  h: 6¾"
  Engraved "Morgan Williams" on inside of lid.

• He worked from 1753 to 1770 as a pewtersmith in Philadelphia PA ¹¹

• Advertised in the Pennsylvania Gazette (Philadelphia PA), 14 Oct 1756, To be sold by Cornelius Bradford, Pewterer:
  At the sign of the Dish in Second St. opposite the sign of the George wholesale or retail at the most reasonable rates all sorts of pewter ware, viz: Dishes and plates of all sizes, basons, tankards, quart and pint mugs, porringers, tea pots, sugar pots, cullanders, bed pans, stool-pans, half pint and gill tumblers, wine measures, salt sellers, spoons, milk pots, pint and half-pint dram bottles, slop bowls and all sorts of other pewter.
  
  Said Bradford makes the best of pewter or block-tin worms, of all sizes for distilling, as shall be ordered, as also cranes for hogsheads or bottles, candle molds of different sizes. All persons may have pewter mended at a reasonable price, and ready money given for old pewter or exchanged for new. ¹¹

• Teapot, c 1760
  Winterthur Library
  h: 7¼"
  d" 4½"

• He worked from 1770 to 1785 as a pewtersmith in New York City NY ¹¹