Hugh Wishart Explained

Hugh Wishart was an American silversmith, active in New York City from 1793-1824. He had shops at 62 Wall Street, 98 Market Street, 319 Pearl Street (1797), 5 Rector Street (1808), and 66 Maiden Lane (1810). In 1806 he served as a fireman in Company 16. His work is collected in the Art Institute of Chicago, Dallas Museum of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.

References

• "Hugh Wishart", Sterling Flatware Fashions.
• "Hugh Wishart", Online Encyclopedia of Silver Marks, Hallmarks, and Makers' Marks.
• American Silversmiths and Their Marks: The Definitive (1948) Edition, Stephen G. C. Ensko, Courier Corporation, 2012.
• "Silversmiths and Related Craftsmen", Longworth's 1808 New York City Directory.
• Minutes of the Common Council of the City of New York, 1784-1831, Volume 4, New York (N.Y.). Common Council, M.B. Brown Printing & Binding Company for the City of New York, 1917, page 153.