John Tanguy

  General notes:

Silversmith

  Events in his life were:

• Alternate Mark

• Alternate Mark

• He worked from 1801 to 1818 as a silversmith in Philadelphia PA at 33 North Third Street. ⁶

• Sugar bowl, c 1805
Private Collection
h: 6¼"
w: 9" (including handles)
Marked twice I & PT for John and Peter Tanguy.

• He was a partner from 1805 to 1809 with Peter Tanguy in Philadelphia PA as JOHN & PETER TANGUY. ⁴

• Bowl, c 1805
Private Collection
h: 4¾"
d: 6 5/8"
Made by Peter and John Tanguay.

• He was a partner in 1805 with Lewis Desquet in Philadelphia PA as DESQUET & TANGUY. ⁴

• Coffeepot, c 1805
Private Collection
h: 12 1/4"
wt: 47 oz
Marked by Peter & John Tanguy.

• He was a partner in 1806 with Joseh Repiton in Philadelphia PA as REPITON & TANGUY. ⁴

• He was a partner in 1811 with James Pointe in Philadelphia PA as POINTE & TANGUY. ⁴

• Presentation sword, c 1815-1817
Metropolitan Museum of Art
l: 37¼"
Presented by the State of New York posthumously to Brigadier General Daniel Davis (1777–1813) of the New York Militia, who died during the Battle of Erie on September 10, 1813.

• He was a partner from 1816 to 1818 with Clement E. Chevalier in Philadelphia PA as CHEVALIER & TANGUY. ⁴

• He worked from 1819 to 1858 as a farmer in Haddonfield NJ ⁴

John married Elizabeth T. Burroughs on 25 Nov 1817 in Newton NJ. (Elizabeth T. Burroughs was born on 4 Nov 1796 in West Chester PA.)