Saunders Pitman

Saunders Pitman, also known as Sanders Pitman, was an American silversmith, active in Providence, Rhode Island.
Pitman was born in Providence, Rhode Island, made a freeman of that city in May 1760, and there married Mary Kinnicutt on June 29, 1760. He later married Amy Kinnicutt on February 9, 1772, and served from 1773 to 1784 as a member of local Fire Company, and 1777-1784 as Scavenger. Pitman worked circa 1755-1792 as a silversmith in Providence, with his shop at North corner of Main and Otis Streets until 1770. He worked in partnership with Seril Dodge circa 1793, then with his son-in-law Samuel Dorrance 1795-1800 as Pitman & Dorrance, and finally with Nehemiah Dodge in 1800 as Pitman & Dodge. In the Providence Gazette of April 2, 1796, he advertised:
He died in Providence, where he is buried in the North Burial Ground. His headstone reads:
Pitman's work is collected in the Metropolitan [Museum of Art], the RISD Museum, and Winterthur Museum.