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{{Short description|Leading American silversmith}}
[[File:Porringer MET DP169717.jpg|thumb|Arthur J. Stone's trade mark]]
'''Arthur J. Stone''' (1847–1938), a leading American silversmith, was born, trained and worked in [[Sheffield]], England, and [[Edinburgh]], [[Scotland]], before travelling to the United States in 1884. He was one of the last silversmiths in America to train apprentices to carry out designs in hand-wrought silver. In 1901, Stone set up a workshop in [[Gardner, Massachusetts|Gardner]], [[Massachusetts]] which operated under his name until its sale in 1937 to Henry Heywood. Heywood was a Gardner businessman, who renamed it The Stone Silver Shop, and later, Stone Associates. Heywood died in 1945. His sons Henry, Jr. and Jerome ran Stone Associates until 1957.<ref>''Arthur J. Stone 1847–1938: Designer and Silversmith'' by Elenita C. Chickering, 1994, Boston Athenaeum.</ref>

One of the silversmiths in Arthur Stone's shop was George Porter Blanchard, father of silversmith [[Porter Blanchard]].

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==External links==
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*[http://www.925-1000.com/a_stone.html Work examples and makers' marks]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20020106045044/http://artarchives.si.edu/exhibits/craft/craftpage1.htm Samples of his work]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20020106005554/http://artarchives.si.edu/exhibits/craft/craftpage1a.htm Samples of his work]
*[http://www.chicagosilver.com/stone.htm Article on Stone silver]
*[http://www.smpub.com/ubb/Forum17/HTML/000153.html Notes on his career and a picture of him at work]

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