Arthur J. Stone was a leading silversmith; Gardner, Mass. He was trained and worked in Sheffield, England, and Edinburgh, Scotland prior to coming to the U.S. in 1884. He was one of the last silversmiths in America to train apprentices to carry out designs in handwrought silver.
In 1901, Stone set up a workshop in Gardner, which operated under his name until its sale in 1937 to Henry Heywood, a Gardner businessman, who renamed it first as The Stone Silver Shop, changing it later to Stone Associates. Heywood died in 1945, and his sons Henry, Jr. and Jerome ran it until 1957, when they disbanded.
From the description of Arthur J. Stone workshop/Stone Silver Shop/Stone Associates records, 1824-1958. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83058115
