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)
- 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)
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)
Citation
“Peter Etter,” Precision Instrument Culture in Canada, accessed October 16, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/instrument-precision/items/show/867.