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Birks Group Inc. (formerly Birks & Mayors Inc.) [1] is a designer, manufacturer, and retailer of jewellery, timepieces, silverware and gifts, with stores and manufacturing facilities located in Canada and the United States.
Arthur Price has been called a traditional English family-owned company. [1] Arthur Price himself was born on 3 March 1865, and as a young man spent two decades employed in the flatware industry before setting up his own company in Aston, Birmingham, in the name of Arthur Price of England, Master Cutlers & Silversmiths. [1]
In addition, the Company offers gold and silver products under the brand name “Piercing Pagoda” in the U.S. and “Peoples II” in Canada through mall-based kiosks and carts. These stores offer bracelets, earrings, charms, rings, and 14 karat and 10 karat gold chains, as well as silver and diamond jewelry.
The new company, Wallace Brothers, produced silver-plated flatware on a base of stainless steel. (By 1879, Wallace Brothers was merged with R. Wallace and Sons Mfg. Co.) In 1875, Wallace introduced the first three sterling patterns to feature the esteemed Wallace name - Hawthorne, The Crown, and St. Leon.
The company thrived for generations, later moving into pewter, jewelry, and plated wares. In 1967, Stieff bought another Baltimore silversmith, the Schofield Company, makers of sterling silver flatware and the Woodlawn Vase replica, which is the trophy given at the Preakness each year. When Stieff bought Schofield, the employees were ...
International Silver Company, General Office, Meriden, Connecticut. The International Silver Company (1898–1983, stopped making silver), later known as Insilco Corporation [2] and also known as the ISC, was formed in Meriden, Connecticut as a corporation banding together many existing silver companies in the immediate area and beyond.
Textron purchased the company in 1967, a move that some critics claim decreased quality due to management's lack of understanding of Gorham's specialty, producing high-quality sterling silverware and holloware. [7] Textron began planning to sell the unit in 1988, completing the sale in 1989 to Dansk International Designs.
Hennegen Bates Company was a jeweler and silversmith in Baltimore, Maryland, also known as Hennegan, Bates & Company and Hennegan-Bates Company. The company existed from 1857 to about 1955. The company existed from 1857 to about 1955.