Peter Etter

Title

Peter Etter
Peter Etter I
Peter Etter II

Type

Individual

Coverage

Halifax, NS

Active From

1770-01-01

Active Until

1798-01-01

Location

Halifax, NS

Product Areas

Nautical Instruments
Clocks
Watches

Activities

Repairing, Manufacturing?

Timeline

- 1770s – Peter Etter I or II possibly involved with making a clock for a Yorkshire settler called William Chapman. (MacDonald, “Before the Loyalists”) [?]

- 1778 – Etter “work[ing] with John Finney in Halifax” (Trudel)

- 1782 - “Advertised in the Nova Scotia Gazette and Weekly Chronicle (Halifax Nova Scotia), 3 Dec 1782, offering his service as a watch- and clockmaker and listing a large assortment of jewelry, glass, and silver flat- and holloware for sale.” (American Silversmiths" "Peter Etter")

- 1798 – “Drowned in Bay of Fundy” (Trudel)

Sources

American Silversmiths “Peter Etter” (https://www.americansilversmiths.org/makers/silversmiths/160637.htm) [15-09-23]

MacDonald, M.A. “Before the Loyalists: The Material Culture of New Brunswick’s Early English Settlers” Material History Bulletin 28 (Fall 1988): 29

Trudel, J.-L. Canadian Precision Instrument Maker notes, Ingenium (c.2008)

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