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Shepherd and Boyd was an American silversmith partnership between Robert Shepherd (1781 – March 6, 1853) and William Boyd (September 14, 1774 – April 24, 1840), active at 136 Market Street, Albany, New York, from 1806 to 1830. Their work is collected in the Albany Institute of History & Art, Clark Art Institute, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and Yale University Art Gallery.
References
[edit]- American Silversmiths and Their Marks: The Definitive (1948) Edition, Stephen G. C. Ensko, Courier Corporation, 2012, page 119.
- Old Plate, Its Makers & Marks, John Henry Buck, Gorham Manufacturing Company, 1903, pages 50–51.
- Early American silver and its makers, Jane Bentley, Mayflower Books, 1979, page 121.
- Antiques Magazine, Volume 60, 1951, page 50.
- American Silver-Hilted, Revolutionary and Early Federal Swords, Volume II: According to Their Geographical Areas of Mounting, Daniel D. Hartzler, Xlibris Corporation, 2015.
- "Shepherd and Boyd", Sterling Flatware Fashions.
- "Robert Shepherd", American Silversmiths.
- "William Boyd", American Silversmiths.