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Towle Silversmiths is an American silver manufacturer. [1] Towle Silversmiths was founded in 1690 by William Moulton II, the first silversmith in Newbury, Mass. [2] [3] Moulton's family continued to operate the shop, and in 1857 apprentices Anthony Francis Towle and William P. Jones incorporated their work as Towle & Jones. [2]
During the heyday of American silver manufacturing, from 1850 to 1940, Gorham was highly influential. William Christmas Codman, one of Gorham's most noted designers, created the Chantilly design in 1895, which has become the most famous of Gorham's flatware patterns. The company has produced matching hollowware in both sterling and silverplate.
Oneida Limited (/ oʊ ˈ n aɪ d ə /) is an American manufacturer and seller of tableware and cutlery.Oneida is one of the world's largest designers and sellers of stainless steel and silverplated cutlery and tableware for the consumer and foodservice industries.
The company’s enamelware, glassware, flatware, and sculptural wood pieces were popular wedding gifts in the '50s and '60s and can still be found in thrift stores today, according to Sams.
During World War II Lunt Silversmiths had a government contract to make yokes for airplanes used in the war effort. Many additional personnel were hired for quality control during this time. Lunt's Embassy Scroll pattern was chosen by the United States government as its official tableware in all U.S. embassies and consulates around the world.
Standing Cup by the William B. Durgin Company, gold, circa 1900. The William B. Durgin Company (1853–1924) was a noted American sterling silver manufacturer based in Concord, New Hampshire, and one of the largest flatware and hollowware manufacturers in the United States.
Replacements, Ltd., based in Greensboro, North Carolina, is the world's largest retailer of china, crystal and silverware, including both patterns still available from manufactures and discontinued patterns. The company, which began in 1981, had an inventory in 2011 of 14 million items from more than 340,000 patterns, with annual sales of $80 ...
Britannia silver, a higher grade silver alloy (95.8% compared to Sterling silver's 92.5%) Argentium sterling silver, a higher grade silver alloy with unique working properties (93.6% or 96%) Coin silver, .900 fine silver widely used in pre-1964 United States coinage; Pound sterling, the official currency of the United Kingdom, which once was ...