Achilles Tallman, New York City

[blakstone]

This robust American Empire Tea Set came across my desk this week. I’d never come across the mark before, though the maker (retailer more likely) is listed in Paul von Khrum’s Silversmiths of New York City 1684-1850. I did a little digging and was able to flesh out some basic biographical info:

Achilles Tallman (1808-1834), working 1829-1833

Born: 18 Aug 1808, New York, NY, son of Harmanus Tallman (1772- 1826) and Ann/Nancy/Mary Coleman (1774-1864)
Christened: 2 Oct 1808, Reformed Dutch Church, Sugar Loaf St., New York, NY
Listed: 1829-1831 54 Fulton; 1832-1833 52 Fulton. Watchmaker.
Died: 22 Jan 1834, New York, New York, 34 Morton St.; buried at Snyder Cemetery, Valley Cottage, Rockland Co. NY

No question (but comments/info welcome) - just though I’d share.

[dognose]

Hi blakstone,

Many thanks for sharing these details with us, it is appreciated.

The only tiny snippet of information that I can add is that Achilles Tallman's private residence was noted as 64, Vesey in 1829 and 34, Morton in 1832. (Source: Longworth's American Almanack, New-York Register, and City Directory)

Trev.

[Traintime]

Not only stunning, but historically significant. Tallman's shoppe would have been very close to a most important seaport with a history tied in to the tea trade. Probably a great location for someone in the watchmaking trades and retailing of special wares. Location, location, location! He appears to have passed shortly before a major fire (1835) destroyed many of the buildings in the general area.