Edward Webb
American silversmith
About Edward Webb
Lived 1666 – 1718 (aged 51–52).
Edward Webb (c. 1666 – 1718) was a silversmith from the Thirteen Colonies, born in England but active in Boston. He apprenticed from 1680 until 1687 to William Denny, a London goldsmith, and may have been in Boston as early as 1704, but definitely by 1709. His work is collected in the Five Colleges Art Museums, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and Yale University Art Gallery.
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Who was Edward Webb?
American silversmith (1666–1718)
When was Edward Webb born?
Edward Webb was born in 1666.
When did Edward Webb die?
Edward Webb died in 1718.
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