Foreword                                                                                                             6

Preface                                                                                                                7

Acknowledgments                                                                                              8

                            Authors and Contributors                                                       9

Chapter 1             Philadelphia in the Early Republic                                        10

                             Cathy Matson

Chapter 2             "Rich and Fashionable Goods": The Precious Metals

                            Trades in Philadelphia, 1810-1840                                        20

                            Deborah Dependahl Waters

Chapter 3             Thomas Fletcher and Sidney Gardiner:

                            Their Lives and Work                                                           32

                            Donald L. Fennimore and Ann K. Wagner

Chapter 4             Fletcher & Gardiner: Seeking the Font of Antiquity            58

                            Donald L. Fennimore and Ann K. Wagner

Chapter 5             Fletcher & Gardiner: Arbiters of Taste                                 72

                            Donald L. Fennimore and Ann K. Wagner

Chapter 6             Design Drawings for Fletcher & Gardiner's

                            Hollow ware and Swords                                                     80

                            Beth Carver Wees

Catalogue            Notes to the Catalogue                                                       110

                            Catalogue Entries                                                                112

Endnotes

Appendices         1. Marks of the Firm and Its Associates                             266

                            2. Genealogy                                                                       271

                            3. Description of the Clinton Vases                                    227

                            4. Fletcher & Gardiner's Correspondents                            273

Bibliography                                                                                                    277

Index                                                                                                               282

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