JOHN EDWIN PARKER
Morristown, New Jersey
Death of John Edwin Parker
Morristown, N. J., July 30.–John E. Parker, one of the most prominent merchants and the leading jeweler of this place, died suddenly at 6.45 A.M. yesterday, at his residence on Prospect St.
Mr. Parker's death was entirely unexpected, as he arose in the morning, apparently in the best of health. His wife was to take the 6 o'clock train from Morristown for a day's outing, and he accompanied her as far as the First Church, where she and her friends took the stage for the depot. Mr. Parker then returned to his home, and while reading one of his favorite books was suddenly stricken with pains.
His son, John B. C. Parker, went to his aid and sent for a physician, but before the doctor arrived Mr. Parker had passed away. Mrs. Parker was telegraphed for, and reached her home within a couple of hours.
John Edwin Parker was one of the most highly respected citizens of Morristown, and though an Englishman by birth, he had resided in this place since his childhood. He was born in Birmingham, England, Feb. 18, 1837, and was the son of John Parker. When about eight years old his parents located in Morristown and lived in Collinsville for a number of years.
When 15 years old Mr. Parker entered the employ of Geo. M. King, a jeweler on Park Place, and here remained for some time learning his trade. In 1854 he commenced business for himself as a jeweler, opening a store not far from the location of his present establishment, and built up his trade until he became the most prominent jeweler of the vicinity.
In 1865 Mr. Parker married Sarah M. Van Cleve, and his widow and two children, John B. C. Parker, manager of the jewelry business, and Mrs. E. P. Bloome, survive him.
Mr. Parker was a staunch Methodist and was prominent in the work of that church in his section, having filled every office with which his fellow members could honor him. At the time of his death he was steward in the church and taught a large Bible class. As a citizen he took a great interest in the affairs of his community, and though never taking an active part in politics, was nominated for Mayor on the Republican ticket in 1898.
Mr. Parker was also noted for his philanthropic work and contributed generously to the poor and to the charitable associations. He was a member of the Century Association, a director in the All Souls Hospital, an active member of the G.A.R., and was connected with other institutions and societies.
The funeral services will be held from his residence, Friday, at 2.30 P.M. The interment will be in Evergreen Cemetery.
Mr. Parker's business will be continued by his son.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 6th August 1902
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ONEIDA COMMUNITY
Oneida, New York
Oneida Community Men at Their Annual Outing
Oneida, N. Y., Aug. 20.–The annual outing of Oneida Community agents was held recently, at Lake Morain, a beautiful little resort about 30 miles from Oneida. The trip was made by automobiles. The agents had been holding their semi-annual meeting at the home office that week, and the outing came as a pleasing climax to their sessions. About 250 were in the party, which included representatives of the management, the sales office, the factory office and a few guests.
A motion picture man was taken along to record the day's doings for the benefit of posterity. He was given his first big chance when the crowd, mobilized by "Marshall" G. Wayland Smith, and led by "BrigadierGeneral" Hatch and a "Spirit of 76" trio, marched by the camera on their way to the lunch tent. There they were served with steamed clams, sandwiches, bouillon and soft drinks.
Thus, fortified, they were ready for the serious business of the day, the ball games. The salesmen won from the management, 9 to 6, and the sales office beat the factory office, 15 to 3. Then the two winning teams played, with the result that the sales office triumphed over the salesmen by the old free silver score of 16 to 1. The winning team was presented with a unique loving "cup" suitably inscribed.
A series of interesting wrestling bouts were staged, the principals being O. C. L. employes. Topping off this part of the program was a bout between "Charlie" Catlin of the management, and "Windy" Wingate, representing the agents. The contestants made up in determination what they lacked in skill. It was a no-decision affair.
Other activities of the day included swimming, fishing, pitching quoits and cards.
At 5.30 P.M. a chicken dinner was served. Thirty Boy Scouts waited on the table, and the banqueters contributed $75 to their treasury.
The committee in charge of the outing was as follows: William Ferguson, chairman: L. A. MacKown, motion pictures; Jed Allen, "Hap" Perary, Paul Milnes, and A. J. Luke, sports; J. N. Milnes, program; A. J. Ledwith, secretary; R. W. Bolles, announcer.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 27th August 1919
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Oneida, New York
Oneida Community Men at Their Annual Outing
Oneida, N. Y., Aug. 20.–The annual outing of Oneida Community agents was held recently, at Lake Morain, a beautiful little resort about 30 miles from Oneida. The trip was made by automobiles. The agents had been holding their semi-annual meeting at the home office that week, and the outing came as a pleasing climax to their sessions. About 250 were in the party, which included representatives of the management, the sales office, the factory office and a few guests.
A motion picture man was taken along to record the day's doings for the benefit of posterity. He was given his first big chance when the crowd, mobilized by "Marshall" G. Wayland Smith, and led by "BrigadierGeneral" Hatch and a "Spirit of 76" trio, marched by the camera on their way to the lunch tent. There they were served with steamed clams, sandwiches, bouillon and soft drinks.
Thus, fortified, they were ready for the serious business of the day, the ball games. The salesmen won from the management, 9 to 6, and the sales office beat the factory office, 15 to 3. Then the two winning teams played, with the result that the sales office triumphed over the salesmen by the old free silver score of 16 to 1. The winning team was presented with a unique loving "cup" suitably inscribed.
A series of interesting wrestling bouts were staged, the principals being O. C. L. employes. Topping off this part of the program was a bout between "Charlie" Catlin of the management, and "Windy" Wingate, representing the agents. The contestants made up in determination what they lacked in skill. It was a no-decision affair.
Other activities of the day included swimming, fishing, pitching quoits and cards.
At 5.30 P.M. a chicken dinner was served. Thirty Boy Scouts waited on the table, and the banqueters contributed $75 to their treasury.
The committee in charge of the outing was as follows: William Ferguson, chairman: L. A. MacKown, motion pictures; Jed Allen, "Hap" Perary, Paul Milnes, and A. J. Luke, sports; J. N. Milnes, program; A. J. Ledwith, secretary; R. W. Bolles, announcer.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 27th August 1919
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GERALD BENNY
London
New Trophy Needed
Designer Gerald Benny has been commissioned to make a new Ferodo gold trophy to be presented annually for the most outstanding British Commonwealth contribution to the sport of motor-car racing. Last year the original trophy, made in 1953, was presented outright to Mr. G.A. Vandervell who had won it for the third time.
Source: Watchmaker, Jeweller & Silversmith - October 1959
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London
New Trophy Needed
Designer Gerald Benny has been commissioned to make a new Ferodo gold trophy to be presented annually for the most outstanding British Commonwealth contribution to the sport of motor-car racing. Last year the original trophy, made in 1953, was presented outright to Mr. G.A. Vandervell who had won it for the third time.
Source: Watchmaker, Jeweller & Silversmith - October 1959
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HAYDEN W. WHEELER & Co. - HOEFER JEWELRY Co.
New York
NEW CONTROL FOR OLD HOUSE
Stock of Hayden W. Wheeler & Co., New York, Bought by Hoefer Jewelry Co., Kansas City No Change in Business Policy Contemplated
Although coming events have cast their shadows in the way of rumors circulating throughout the jewelry trade, nevertheless there was considerable surprise among the members of the jewelry district of New York last week in the announcement to the effect that the old house of Hayden W. Wheeler & Co., 2 Maiden Lane, had been taken by the Hoefer Jewelry Co. of Kansas City, Mo.
As a matter of fact, what had occurred was that the stock of the corporation of Hayden W. Wheeler & Co. had been taken over by the Kansas City concern but the New York house, which is one of the leading manufacturing and wholesale houses of the East, had not been changed in any way, its corporate life not at all interfered with, nor the personnel changed with the exception that the old officers of the corporation have retired. The new stockholders continue the business under the same name as heretofore, under the same policy, and will maintain the same high standard in the quality of the various lines of diamonds, platinum and gold jewelry, rings, watches, etc., that gave the Wheeler house its high standing in the years gone by. The New York house retains its old name and quarters as heretofore, and though the business will be under the supervision of W. H. Joers, president of the Hoefer Jewelry Co., the personnel of the staff and employes remains practically unchanged. The following gentlemen, many of whom have been connected with the house from 18 to 30 years. still remain part of the organization: Newton H. Rogers, William Allison, Charles W. Bridgman, Arthur L. Nichols, Frederick W. Thorne. W. J. Cochran, Edward B. Downs, Walter A. Morris, John A. Patterson, Addison W. Roubaud, Arthur H. Schmitt, John R. Wilcox.
The house of Hayden W. Wheeler & Co. is one of the oldest and most respected concerns in the eastern jewelry trade. It was founded in 1851 by Charles E. Hale, who, a year later, was joined by Hayden W. Wheeler, who had withdrawn from the nursery business to travel for Mr. Hale's jewelry house. Mr. Wheeler proved a success in the jewelry busines from the start, was soon given an interest in the same, and in 1857 it was known as Charles E. Hale & Co. Later Lewis A. Parsons, who had succeeded him on the road, was also given an interest in the firm and the style was changed in 1867 to Wheeler, Parsons & Co. In 1877 Henry Hayes was admitted, the firm becoming Wheeler, Parsons & Hayes, under which style it built up a high reputation in the jewelry trade, both for the character of its products and the principles which dominated its policy.
About this time Mr. Wheeler and his partners were active with Joseph Fahys and A. N. Darling in the formation of the Brooklyn Watch Case Co., and in 1888 Mr. Parsons and Mr. Hayes retired and Mr. Wheeler continued the business under the style of Hayden W. Wheeler & Co., admitting young men partners from time to time, among them being his son, Willard H. Wheeler, Hayden H. Butts and Oliver G. Fessenden. Mr. Wheeler died in 1904 and the business of the concern, which was later incorporated, was conducted by these three gentlemen up until the transfer of the stock interest front the Wheeler family to the new owners last week.
Beginning as a wholesale house it became interested in manufacturing, not only watchcases but jewelry and in the importing of diamonds, and the ramifications of the business increased as time went on. Under the new control the business will be developed without change, except in the addition of new energy which young blood can give.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 21st May 1919
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New York
NEW CONTROL FOR OLD HOUSE
Stock of Hayden W. Wheeler & Co., New York, Bought by Hoefer Jewelry Co., Kansas City No Change in Business Policy Contemplated
Although coming events have cast their shadows in the way of rumors circulating throughout the jewelry trade, nevertheless there was considerable surprise among the members of the jewelry district of New York last week in the announcement to the effect that the old house of Hayden W. Wheeler & Co., 2 Maiden Lane, had been taken by the Hoefer Jewelry Co. of Kansas City, Mo.
As a matter of fact, what had occurred was that the stock of the corporation of Hayden W. Wheeler & Co. had been taken over by the Kansas City concern but the New York house, which is one of the leading manufacturing and wholesale houses of the East, had not been changed in any way, its corporate life not at all interfered with, nor the personnel changed with the exception that the old officers of the corporation have retired. The new stockholders continue the business under the same name as heretofore, under the same policy, and will maintain the same high standard in the quality of the various lines of diamonds, platinum and gold jewelry, rings, watches, etc., that gave the Wheeler house its high standing in the years gone by. The New York house retains its old name and quarters as heretofore, and though the business will be under the supervision of W. H. Joers, president of the Hoefer Jewelry Co., the personnel of the staff and employes remains practically unchanged. The following gentlemen, many of whom have been connected with the house from 18 to 30 years. still remain part of the organization: Newton H. Rogers, William Allison, Charles W. Bridgman, Arthur L. Nichols, Frederick W. Thorne. W. J. Cochran, Edward B. Downs, Walter A. Morris, John A. Patterson, Addison W. Roubaud, Arthur H. Schmitt, John R. Wilcox.
The house of Hayden W. Wheeler & Co. is one of the oldest and most respected concerns in the eastern jewelry trade. It was founded in 1851 by Charles E. Hale, who, a year later, was joined by Hayden W. Wheeler, who had withdrawn from the nursery business to travel for Mr. Hale's jewelry house. Mr. Wheeler proved a success in the jewelry busines from the start, was soon given an interest in the same, and in 1857 it was known as Charles E. Hale & Co. Later Lewis A. Parsons, who had succeeded him on the road, was also given an interest in the firm and the style was changed in 1867 to Wheeler, Parsons & Co. In 1877 Henry Hayes was admitted, the firm becoming Wheeler, Parsons & Hayes, under which style it built up a high reputation in the jewelry trade, both for the character of its products and the principles which dominated its policy.
About this time Mr. Wheeler and his partners were active with Joseph Fahys and A. N. Darling in the formation of the Brooklyn Watch Case Co., and in 1888 Mr. Parsons and Mr. Hayes retired and Mr. Wheeler continued the business under the style of Hayden W. Wheeler & Co., admitting young men partners from time to time, among them being his son, Willard H. Wheeler, Hayden H. Butts and Oliver G. Fessenden. Mr. Wheeler died in 1904 and the business of the concern, which was later incorporated, was conducted by these three gentlemen up until the transfer of the stock interest front the Wheeler family to the new owners last week.
Beginning as a wholesale house it became interested in manufacturing, not only watchcases but jewelry and in the importing of diamonds, and the ramifications of the business increased as time went on. Under the new control the business will be developed without change, except in the addition of new energy which young blood can give.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 21st May 1919
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ISAAC A. ALLING
Newark, New Jersey
Isaac A. Alling, the oldest manufacturing jeweler in Newark, N. J., suddenly died of heart failure at his home on April 12th. He retired from active business about January, 1889, after forty-eight years of faithful service to the various firms with which he was connected.
Source: Jeweler's Weekly - 1890
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Newark, New Jersey
Isaac A. Alling, the oldest manufacturing jeweler in Newark, N. J., suddenly died of heart failure at his home on April 12th. He retired from active business about January, 1889, after forty-eight years of faithful service to the various firms with which he was connected.
Source: Jeweler's Weekly - 1890
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ELKINGTON'S
4th International Watch and Jewellery Trade Fair - Albert Hall - London - 1958
A reminder of Elkington's long history is being featured on their stand at the Albert Hall this month: the original cheque made out to the firm when Charles Dickens bought some Elkington plate in 1864.
Source: Watchmaker, Jeweller & Silversmith - October 1958
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4th International Watch and Jewellery Trade Fair - Albert Hall - London - 1958
A reminder of Elkington's long history is being featured on their stand at the Albert Hall this month: the original cheque made out to the firm when Charles Dickens bought some Elkington plate in 1864.
Source: Watchmaker, Jeweller & Silversmith - October 1958
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CONJOINT JEWELRY CORPORATION
New York and Passaic, New Jersey
FRAUD CHARGED
President of Conjoint Jewelry Co. Indicted on Charge of Issuing False Financial Statement
Leon Proujansky, president of Conjoint Jewelry Corporation, has been indicted by the Grand Jury of New York County under Section 1293 B of the Criminal Code, which makes it a crime to issue a false financial statement for the purpose of obtaining property or procuring credit. A bench warrant for the immediate arrest of Proujansky has been issued and this warrant has been served and Proujansky has been taken into custody. Bail was fixed at the sum of $5,000.
It will be remembered that the Conjoint Jewelry Corporation, with offices at 108 Fulton St., New York, and a factory at Passaic, New Jersey, had a petition in bankruptcy filed against it on Sept. 29, 1920. Herbert A. Wolff, of Greenbaum, Wolff & Ernst, general counsel for the National Jewelers Board of Trade, was appointed receiver of the bankrupt corporation by an order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. He was also appointed ancillary receiver by the New Jersey Federal Court for the purpose of administering the assets in that jurisdiction. Subsequently, Mr. Wolff was elected trustee by the creditors.
A short time before the filing of the bankruptcy petition, Proujansky issued on behalf of the corporation a signed financial statement as to the affairs of the Conjoint Jewelry Corporation. In this statement it is alleged that he represented that the net worth of the corporation, exclusive of its capital stock indebtedness, was approximately $136,000. An investigation into his affairs, it is claimed, revealed the fact that this statement was not true.
Accordingly, upon the application of some of the creditors of the defunct corporation, the finance committee of the National Jewelers Board of Trade decided to fight the case, and for that purpose an appropriation was made from the Board's Fighting Fund. Greenbaum, Wolff & Ernst were instructed to proceed vigorously and to submit whatever evidence could be found to the criminal authorities. A long series of examinations was held before Referee in Bankruptcy, Seaman Miller. After this testimony had been taken, the same was submitted to the District Attorney of NewYork County, with the result that an indictment was procured.
It is expected that the trial of Proujansky will take place in the late Fall or the early Winter of 1922. The case will be watched with great interest by the jewelry trade at large. Assistant District Attorney Lynch handled the case before the Grand Jury.
Proujansky was arraigned in court July 29, and pleaded "not guilty."
When interviewed concerning Proujansky's indictment, Herbert A. Wolff, of Greenbaum, Wolff & Ernst, general counsel for the National Jewelers Board of Trade, said:
"The Fighting Fund of the National Jewelers Board of Trade has again been successfully invoked in the case of Leon Proujansky, who has recently been indicted by the Grand Jury of New York County, charged with making a false statement for the purpose of procuring credit. I know for a fact that many of the creditors of the Conjoint Jewelry Corporation relied on the statement which was signed by Proujansky and that these creditors never would have sold merchandise to the Conjoint Jewelry Corporation had they not believed that the statements contained therein were true. No one creditor could have been expected to have gone to the expense and trouble of procuring the evidence necessary to obtain the indictment. It required months and months of careful investigation and grilling examination. The great service that the Fighting Fund of the National Jewelers Board of Trade is doing for the jewelry trade at large is well evidenced by this case. I wish to express grateful appreciation to several of the creditors, whose names, for obvious reasons, it would not be fair to disclose at this time, for the hearty co-operation and assistance that they have given to counsel in this matter."
It has come to the notice of the National Jewelers Board of Trade that, from time to time, various jewelers issue to the Board of Trade false statements as to their financial condition. The finance committee of the Board of Trade is determined to stamp out this practice and to bring to justice those guilty of this serious offense. In a trade like the jewelry trade, where credit plays such an important factor, it is absolutely essential that full faith and reliance may be placed on signed financial statements.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 3rd August 1921
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New York and Passaic, New Jersey
FRAUD CHARGED
President of Conjoint Jewelry Co. Indicted on Charge of Issuing False Financial Statement
Leon Proujansky, president of Conjoint Jewelry Corporation, has been indicted by the Grand Jury of New York County under Section 1293 B of the Criminal Code, which makes it a crime to issue a false financial statement for the purpose of obtaining property or procuring credit. A bench warrant for the immediate arrest of Proujansky has been issued and this warrant has been served and Proujansky has been taken into custody. Bail was fixed at the sum of $5,000.
It will be remembered that the Conjoint Jewelry Corporation, with offices at 108 Fulton St., New York, and a factory at Passaic, New Jersey, had a petition in bankruptcy filed against it on Sept. 29, 1920. Herbert A. Wolff, of Greenbaum, Wolff & Ernst, general counsel for the National Jewelers Board of Trade, was appointed receiver of the bankrupt corporation by an order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. He was also appointed ancillary receiver by the New Jersey Federal Court for the purpose of administering the assets in that jurisdiction. Subsequently, Mr. Wolff was elected trustee by the creditors.
A short time before the filing of the bankruptcy petition, Proujansky issued on behalf of the corporation a signed financial statement as to the affairs of the Conjoint Jewelry Corporation. In this statement it is alleged that he represented that the net worth of the corporation, exclusive of its capital stock indebtedness, was approximately $136,000. An investigation into his affairs, it is claimed, revealed the fact that this statement was not true.
Accordingly, upon the application of some of the creditors of the defunct corporation, the finance committee of the National Jewelers Board of Trade decided to fight the case, and for that purpose an appropriation was made from the Board's Fighting Fund. Greenbaum, Wolff & Ernst were instructed to proceed vigorously and to submit whatever evidence could be found to the criminal authorities. A long series of examinations was held before Referee in Bankruptcy, Seaman Miller. After this testimony had been taken, the same was submitted to the District Attorney of NewYork County, with the result that an indictment was procured.
It is expected that the trial of Proujansky will take place in the late Fall or the early Winter of 1922. The case will be watched with great interest by the jewelry trade at large. Assistant District Attorney Lynch handled the case before the Grand Jury.
Proujansky was arraigned in court July 29, and pleaded "not guilty."
When interviewed concerning Proujansky's indictment, Herbert A. Wolff, of Greenbaum, Wolff & Ernst, general counsel for the National Jewelers Board of Trade, said:
"The Fighting Fund of the National Jewelers Board of Trade has again been successfully invoked in the case of Leon Proujansky, who has recently been indicted by the Grand Jury of New York County, charged with making a false statement for the purpose of procuring credit. I know for a fact that many of the creditors of the Conjoint Jewelry Corporation relied on the statement which was signed by Proujansky and that these creditors never would have sold merchandise to the Conjoint Jewelry Corporation had they not believed that the statements contained therein were true. No one creditor could have been expected to have gone to the expense and trouble of procuring the evidence necessary to obtain the indictment. It required months and months of careful investigation and grilling examination. The great service that the Fighting Fund of the National Jewelers Board of Trade is doing for the jewelry trade at large is well evidenced by this case. I wish to express grateful appreciation to several of the creditors, whose names, for obvious reasons, it would not be fair to disclose at this time, for the hearty co-operation and assistance that they have given to counsel in this matter."
It has come to the notice of the National Jewelers Board of Trade that, from time to time, various jewelers issue to the Board of Trade false statements as to their financial condition. The finance committee of the Board of Trade is determined to stamp out this practice and to bring to justice those guilty of this serious offense. In a trade like the jewelry trade, where credit plays such an important factor, it is absolutely essential that full faith and reliance may be placed on signed financial statements.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 3rd August 1921
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LEICESTER CORPORATION
Expensive Recovery
In 1836, Leicester Corporation disposed of much of their municipal silverware. The sale of municipal plate was a common enough event after the passing of the Reform Act of 1832, and a pair of fluted column candlesticks of about 1680, which had been presented to the city by the Mayor in 1683, fetched a mere £26. At Christie's on May 1, Leicester Museum bought them, with the aid of the National Art Collections Fund, for £500.
Source: Watchmaker, Jeweller & Silversmith - June 1957
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Expensive Recovery
In 1836, Leicester Corporation disposed of much of their municipal silverware. The sale of municipal plate was a common enough event after the passing of the Reform Act of 1832, and a pair of fluted column candlesticks of about 1680, which had been presented to the city by the Mayor in 1683, fetched a mere £26. At Christie's on May 1, Leicester Museum bought them, with the aid of the National Art Collections Fund, for £500.
Source: Watchmaker, Jeweller & Silversmith - June 1957
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'QUADRUPLE' PLATED SILVERWARE
Abuse of the Word 'Quadruple'
The members of the Connecticut Jewelers' and Opticians' Association are the first jewelers to enter upon a crusade against the practice of some manufacturers of silver plated ware of stamping low grades of this ware with the word quadruple, which, it is reported, is "an evil which the association finds ample cause to protest against." The word quadruple as applied to silver-plated ware, has for a long time been abused. The older and representative manufacturers, the concerns that created the word and gave it significance, have given up its use and rely upon the guarantee of quality, as implied by the stamping of their names on their products. It is regretable, from a moral standpoint alone, that men who, after years of persistent endeavor, have created a product of universal acceptance, should be forced to relinquish a large share of their just reward because of the vandalizing practices of some modern manufacturers. "A rose by any other name may smell as sweet," said William Shakespeare, who was always right; but are the public quick to accept quadruple plate by any other name? We hardly believe so. The public have had this word imbedded in their mind as deeply as the word sterling applied to silverware. The word once had honest significance; it should for all time have honest significance, and if laws are necessary to compel this, we favor such laws. The word has become a term in trade parlance, which the public consider reflective of substantiality in quality of silver-plated ware. To produce this substantially, the stamped word must carry out its true significance. Hence the public have the right to demand that a silver-plated article, stamped quadruple, shall be composed of a body of baser metal with a covering of silver of a thickness designated by the word quadruple when it was initially used. As we believe that there should be honesty in the use of this word, we endorse the action of the Connecticut Jewelers' and Opticians' Association.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 3rd February 1897
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Abuse of the Word 'Quadruple'
The members of the Connecticut Jewelers' and Opticians' Association are the first jewelers to enter upon a crusade against the practice of some manufacturers of silver plated ware of stamping low grades of this ware with the word quadruple, which, it is reported, is "an evil which the association finds ample cause to protest against." The word quadruple as applied to silver-plated ware, has for a long time been abused. The older and representative manufacturers, the concerns that created the word and gave it significance, have given up its use and rely upon the guarantee of quality, as implied by the stamping of their names on their products. It is regretable, from a moral standpoint alone, that men who, after years of persistent endeavor, have created a product of universal acceptance, should be forced to relinquish a large share of their just reward because of the vandalizing practices of some modern manufacturers. "A rose by any other name may smell as sweet," said William Shakespeare, who was always right; but are the public quick to accept quadruple plate by any other name? We hardly believe so. The public have had this word imbedded in their mind as deeply as the word sterling applied to silverware. The word once had honest significance; it should for all time have honest significance, and if laws are necessary to compel this, we favor such laws. The word has become a term in trade parlance, which the public consider reflective of substantiality in quality of silver-plated ware. To produce this substantially, the stamped word must carry out its true significance. Hence the public have the right to demand that a silver-plated article, stamped quadruple, shall be composed of a body of baser metal with a covering of silver of a thickness designated by the word quadruple when it was initially used. As we believe that there should be honesty in the use of this word, we endorse the action of the Connecticut Jewelers' and Opticians' Association.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 3rd February 1897
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JUBILEE SIXPENCES
London
Jubilee sixpences are selling freely in London at 2s.3d. In shop windows were these coins are exposed for sale, a gilded sixpence and a half-sovereign are exhibited on the same card, with the question "Which is which?" superadded.
Source: The Pawnbrokers' Gazette and Trade Circular - 21st April 1888
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London
Jubilee sixpences are selling freely in London at 2s.3d. In shop windows were these coins are exposed for sale, a gilded sixpence and a half-sovereign are exhibited on the same card, with the question "Which is which?" superadded.
Source: The Pawnbrokers' Gazette and Trade Circular - 21st April 1888
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GROVER SPANGLER
Fremont, Nebraska
Grover Spangler, prominent jeweler at Fremont, Neb., got into a three or four cornered controversy at Fremont over a swarm of bees that has become a neighborhood nuisance and has half the town of Fremont excited. For 10 years the bees have lived and stored their honey between the siding and the lath of an old residence in Fremont owned by George Wolz, former mayor of the city and now secretary of the chamber of commerce. Scotty Martin, tenant in the house, gets along fairly well with the bees, and rather likes the honey he is able to steal from the bees occasionally. The neighbors do not like the bees so well, as the children and adults alike carry bumps on their noses and eyelids frequently as evidence that the bees do not like them. One of these neighbors is Grover Spangler. So Mr. Spangler served notice on Scotty Martin that he must rid the house and the neighborhood of the bees. Scotty said the bees were not his and that the jeweler is welcome to come and get them if he wants them. Meantime he called up the landlord, exMayor Wolz, and told him the neighbors were complaining and that they wanted Wolz to abate the nuisance. "They are not mine" said Wolz, "and I suggest that neighbors who do not like the bees call the police and have the bees driven out or carried out bodily. I'm sure I do not want them, and Mr. Spangler refuses to take them as a gift." No policeman ventured to direct an assault on the swarm, and meantime Fremont is searching for one of those freakish human beings who can handle bees without getting stung.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 2nd August 1922
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Fremont, Nebraska
Grover Spangler, prominent jeweler at Fremont, Neb., got into a three or four cornered controversy at Fremont over a swarm of bees that has become a neighborhood nuisance and has half the town of Fremont excited. For 10 years the bees have lived and stored their honey between the siding and the lath of an old residence in Fremont owned by George Wolz, former mayor of the city and now secretary of the chamber of commerce. Scotty Martin, tenant in the house, gets along fairly well with the bees, and rather likes the honey he is able to steal from the bees occasionally. The neighbors do not like the bees so well, as the children and adults alike carry bumps on their noses and eyelids frequently as evidence that the bees do not like them. One of these neighbors is Grover Spangler. So Mr. Spangler served notice on Scotty Martin that he must rid the house and the neighborhood of the bees. Scotty said the bees were not his and that the jeweler is welcome to come and get them if he wants them. Meantime he called up the landlord, exMayor Wolz, and told him the neighbors were complaining and that they wanted Wolz to abate the nuisance. "They are not mine" said Wolz, "and I suggest that neighbors who do not like the bees call the police and have the bees driven out or carried out bodily. I'm sure I do not want them, and Mr. Spangler refuses to take them as a gift." No policeman ventured to direct an assault on the swarm, and meantime Fremont is searching for one of those freakish human beings who can handle bees without getting stung.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 2nd August 1922
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LEICESTER UNIVERSITY MACE
Microphone Mace
A new silver-gilt mace presented to Leicester University by the City departs in style from the traditional mace. It resembles a cylindrical radio microphone suspended by wires within a rectangular frame, and is mounted on a long staff.
Source: Watchmaker, Jeweller & Silversmith - June 1958
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Microphone Mace
A new silver-gilt mace presented to Leicester University by the City departs in style from the traditional mace. It resembles a cylindrical radio microphone suspended by wires within a rectangular frame, and is mounted on a long staff.
Source: Watchmaker, Jeweller & Silversmith - June 1958
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WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF GOLDSMITHS
London
A dispatch from London Wednesday stated that in recognition of his services to the Allies, J. P. Morgan today was granted "the honorary freedom and liberty" of the Goldsmith Company. He is the first American and the first banker since 1795 to be so honored. King George and Mr. Balfour, Foreign Secretary, are the only other honorary freemen at present.
Many traditions of the company's 600 years of existence were carried out in the ceremonies in the imposing Goldsmith's Hall when Mr. Morgan was presented with the resolutions contained in a silver casket. Speeches were made by Lord Reading and Austen Chamberlain, the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Lord Reading laid emphasis on Mr. Morgan's aid in floating the five hundred million dollar loan for England in 1915.
The Goldsmith Company, which is semi-official, in that its hallmarks of gold and silver are according to government standards, had its inception as a guild of gold and silver craftsmen. However, it has grown into an organization of England's most influential financiers, although never losing its identification with the gold and silver trade.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 5th February 1919
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London
A dispatch from London Wednesday stated that in recognition of his services to the Allies, J. P. Morgan today was granted "the honorary freedom and liberty" of the Goldsmith Company. He is the first American and the first banker since 1795 to be so honored. King George and Mr. Balfour, Foreign Secretary, are the only other honorary freemen at present.
Many traditions of the company's 600 years of existence were carried out in the ceremonies in the imposing Goldsmith's Hall when Mr. Morgan was presented with the resolutions contained in a silver casket. Speeches were made by Lord Reading and Austen Chamberlain, the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Lord Reading laid emphasis on Mr. Morgan's aid in floating the five hundred million dollar loan for England in 1915.
The Goldsmith Company, which is semi-official, in that its hallmarks of gold and silver are according to government standards, had its inception as a guild of gold and silver craftsmen. However, it has grown into an organization of England's most influential financiers, although never losing its identification with the gold and silver trade.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 5th February 1919
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ONLY WATCHCASE MAKERS NEED APPLY
France
Let him apply to - There are some queer men in the world, and amongst them " a French watchmaker who offers his daughter in marriage (and 100.000 francs dowry) to the case-maker who shall construct the lightest gold watch case. Competitors to address the office " l' Almanach des Horlogers, St Imier." In a footnote to the above, the editor of l' Almanach expresses the hope for the victor that his wife will be less light than his cases." If this gentleman is not desirous of confining his choice to his own country, he might easily find the very man he wants amongst the filled case makers of the United States, where gold filled cases are made by predetermination with less than four dwts. of 10k gold in them. And still such cases contain an elaborately engraved and artistic chromo guaranteeing them to wear for fifteen years.
Source: The Trader & Canadian Jeweller - January 1890
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France
Let him apply to - There are some queer men in the world, and amongst them " a French watchmaker who offers his daughter in marriage (and 100.000 francs dowry) to the case-maker who shall construct the lightest gold watch case. Competitors to address the office " l' Almanach des Horlogers, St Imier." In a footnote to the above, the editor of l' Almanach expresses the hope for the victor that his wife will be less light than his cases." If this gentleman is not desirous of confining his choice to his own country, he might easily find the very man he wants amongst the filled case makers of the United States, where gold filled cases are made by predetermination with less than four dwts. of 10k gold in them. And still such cases contain an elaborately engraved and artistic chromo guaranteeing them to wear for fifteen years.
Source: The Trader & Canadian Jeweller - January 1890
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WALKER & HALL
British Cutlery in Munich
Walker & Hall's "Pride" cutlery was chosen by the Council of Industrial Design for a display of well-designed British products on show at the International Handicrafts and Trade Fair, in Munich, last month. The display took the form of several complete room settings arranged by Mr. Robert Herritage.
Source: Watchmaker, Jeweller & Silversmith - July 1961
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British Cutlery in Munich
Walker & Hall's "Pride" cutlery was chosen by the Council of Industrial Design for a display of well-designed British products on show at the International Handicrafts and Trade Fair, in Munich, last month. The display took the form of several complete room settings arranged by Mr. Robert Herritage.
Source: Watchmaker, Jeweller & Silversmith - July 1961
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C.A. MARSH & Co.
Attleboro, Massachusetts
Sensational Arrest of Two Brothers Charged with Serious Offence
Attleboro, Mass., Sept. 22.–C. A. Marsh & Co., victimized at brief intervals for nearly three years, applied drastic measures and to-day captured in the act a man who is probably responsible for the theft of thousands of dollars' worth of stock, tools and trifles from their factory. The capture of Eugene and Clarence Skinner by an officer hidden for that purpose in the factory was as great a sensation as Attleboro has experienced for years. The men thus taken in the act of breaking and entering with the presumable intent to commit larceny, are brothers who have been trusted employes in local jewelry shops for a score of years, men of family and respectability and members of the Methodist church and the secret orders of the Pilgrim Fathers and Royal Arcanum.
There might have been possibilities of a mistake had not a search of their homes revealed them crowded from attic to cellar with apparently stolen goods which were recognized promptly by a partner in the Marsh concern. The brothers were arraigned in the local district court and are held in $1,000 bonds for appearance and trial on the 13th.
For three years Eugene has been the night watchman in the W. H. Wilmarth Co.'s building, occupied not only by that concern but also by P. J. Cummings & Co. and C. A. Marsh & Co. During nearly that entire period the Marsh firm have been annoyed by petty thefts whose persistency made the aggregate a matter of importance. The work was cleverly done, and they were led to suspect nothing concerning their watchman. Of late, however, greater boldness had characterized the operations, and to cap the climax the last fortnight the safe has been opened and robbed three times. Knowing that open acts would give the thief too much warning, Mr. Marsh placed officer John H. Nerney in the private office on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday nights. The watchman is never supposed to enter either the packing room or the private office, the doors of which are kept locked at night. On 2 o'clock on Friday morning his vigil was rewarded. The hourly rounds had been made scrupulously by Skinner until this time, when he stopped and tried the door opening into the packing room. Nerney waited until he had effected an entrance, and then covered him and placed him under arrest. Clarence, the brother, was found a few feet distant waiting to take part in whatever Eugene did, and was also taken into custody. The men, realizing their ruin, made no effort to resist, and remained in the shop under guard until taken lo the court. Meantime Edward A. Sweeney, of the Wilmarth corporation, and Willard Rounsville, Mr. Marsh's partner, searched the Skinner homes and found nearly $400 worth of goods which little attempt had been made to conceal.
It is the opinion of the police that the game was to have Eugene with his opportunities steal articles from partially packed bundles about to be shipped, turn them over to his brother, and then, if accused, to demand a search of his clothing. The receiving of letters from customers that their packages lacked articles ordered and charged to them led to the whole exposure by making the firm look with suspicion on Skinner. The taking of nearly $100 from the safe cash drawer, of course, added to their suspicion the weight of almost positive conviction. The only defence the two men offer is that they were in the building together because the watchman "was lonesome" and wanted his brother's company; that Eugene, the watchman, smelling escaping gas. made his way into the forbidden packing room to search for the source. Mr. Nerney's presence for hours there prevents the possibility of there having been escaping gas without his noticing it.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 27th September 1899
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Attleboro, Massachusetts
Sensational Arrest of Two Brothers Charged with Serious Offence
Attleboro, Mass., Sept. 22.–C. A. Marsh & Co., victimized at brief intervals for nearly three years, applied drastic measures and to-day captured in the act a man who is probably responsible for the theft of thousands of dollars' worth of stock, tools and trifles from their factory. The capture of Eugene and Clarence Skinner by an officer hidden for that purpose in the factory was as great a sensation as Attleboro has experienced for years. The men thus taken in the act of breaking and entering with the presumable intent to commit larceny, are brothers who have been trusted employes in local jewelry shops for a score of years, men of family and respectability and members of the Methodist church and the secret orders of the Pilgrim Fathers and Royal Arcanum.
There might have been possibilities of a mistake had not a search of their homes revealed them crowded from attic to cellar with apparently stolen goods which were recognized promptly by a partner in the Marsh concern. The brothers were arraigned in the local district court and are held in $1,000 bonds for appearance and trial on the 13th.
For three years Eugene has been the night watchman in the W. H. Wilmarth Co.'s building, occupied not only by that concern but also by P. J. Cummings & Co. and C. A. Marsh & Co. During nearly that entire period the Marsh firm have been annoyed by petty thefts whose persistency made the aggregate a matter of importance. The work was cleverly done, and they were led to suspect nothing concerning their watchman. Of late, however, greater boldness had characterized the operations, and to cap the climax the last fortnight the safe has been opened and robbed three times. Knowing that open acts would give the thief too much warning, Mr. Marsh placed officer John H. Nerney in the private office on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday nights. The watchman is never supposed to enter either the packing room or the private office, the doors of which are kept locked at night. On 2 o'clock on Friday morning his vigil was rewarded. The hourly rounds had been made scrupulously by Skinner until this time, when he stopped and tried the door opening into the packing room. Nerney waited until he had effected an entrance, and then covered him and placed him under arrest. Clarence, the brother, was found a few feet distant waiting to take part in whatever Eugene did, and was also taken into custody. The men, realizing their ruin, made no effort to resist, and remained in the shop under guard until taken lo the court. Meantime Edward A. Sweeney, of the Wilmarth corporation, and Willard Rounsville, Mr. Marsh's partner, searched the Skinner homes and found nearly $400 worth of goods which little attempt had been made to conceal.
It is the opinion of the police that the game was to have Eugene with his opportunities steal articles from partially packed bundles about to be shipped, turn them over to his brother, and then, if accused, to demand a search of his clothing. The receiving of letters from customers that their packages lacked articles ordered and charged to them led to the whole exposure by making the firm look with suspicion on Skinner. The taking of nearly $100 from the safe cash drawer, of course, added to their suspicion the weight of almost positive conviction. The only defence the two men offer is that they were in the building together because the watchman "was lonesome" and wanted his brother's company; that Eugene, the watchman, smelling escaping gas. made his way into the forbidden packing room to search for the source. Mr. Nerney's presence for hours there prevents the possibility of there having been escaping gas without his noticing it.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 27th September 1899
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THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF GOLDSMITHS
London
Encouragement
The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths contributed awards to students of the City and Guilds of London Institute in their final examinations for gold and silversmiths work. Frank Roger Clark of the L.C.C. Central School won the Institute's silver medal, and a £7 award, and Jack Spencer of Sheffield College of Arts and Crafts won a Goldsmiths' Company second prize of £5. In the intermediate examination, Ronald Pennell of Birmingham College of Arts and Crafts won the Institute's bronze medal. In the Diamond Mounting and Jewellery sections, no prizes were awarded.
Source: Watchmaker, Jeweller & Silversmith - November 1956
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London
Encouragement
The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths contributed awards to students of the City and Guilds of London Institute in their final examinations for gold and silversmiths work. Frank Roger Clark of the L.C.C. Central School won the Institute's silver medal, and a £7 award, and Jack Spencer of Sheffield College of Arts and Crafts won a Goldsmiths' Company second prize of £5. In the intermediate examination, Ronald Pennell of Birmingham College of Arts and Crafts won the Institute's bronze medal. In the Diamond Mounting and Jewellery sections, no prizes were awarded.
Source: Watchmaker, Jeweller & Silversmith - November 1956
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EDWIN A. SMITH
Manchester, Smith Co., Providence, R.I.
EDWIN A. SMITH DEAD
Providence Jeweler Passes Away at the Home of His Son-in-Law After a Long Illness
Providence. R. I., Feb. 10.– Edwin A. Smith, for several years a stockholder and director of the Manchester, Smith Co., manufacturing jewelers, financially interested at various times in several other manufacturing jewelry concerns, as well as prominent in business and financial circles of Providence, died at the home of his son-in-law, 99 President Ave., this city, yesterday morning after a long illness.
Mr. Smith was born April 3, 1843, at North Scituate, R. I., the son of Henry and Emeline Smith, and attended the district and public schools of his native town. He then became a student at the Pierce Academy, Middleboro, Mass., and upon completing the courses there, finished his education at the old Smithfield Seminary, Smithfield, R. I. For a time he taught school and later was employed in a grocery and general store in Scituate. He was an employe in the Scituate Bank and at the same time served as assistant town clerk.
hi 1861 Mr. Smith came to Providence and entered the employ of the old State Bank, and a year later, at the age of 19, was advanced to the position of cashier. When the Tenth Regiment, Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry, was recruited for service in the Civil War he enlisted May 26, 1862, in Company H, and was mustered out at the conclusion of the nine months' term.
In 1866 he became cashier of the City National Bank and served in that capacity until 1893, when he resigned to accept the position of treasurer of the Mechanics' Savings Bank. From 1872 to 1877 he served the city of Providence as a member of the Common Council and in 1877 as an alderman, and was for several years a member of the School Committee.
For the past 20 years he had been actively interested in the development of real estate and was a director in several manufacturing concerns and corporations. In 1903 Mr. Smith purchased an interest in the manufacturing jewelry concern that a year later. May 4, 1904, was incorporated as the Manchester-Smith Co. with a capital stock of $75,000. He had previously been financially interested in the Albro Co. and other manufacturing jewelry concerns. He continued his holdings in the Manchester-Smith Co. until early in 1917, when he disposed of his stock. Later the firm failed and because of certain technicalities under the corporation laws, litigations followed whereby Mr. Smith was called upon by prosecuting creditors to pay a number of large claims against the concern.
Mr. Smith had taken 32 degrees in the Masonic fraternity in Rhode Island, being a member of What Cheer Lodge, Providence Royal Arch Chapter. Providence Council of Royal and Select Masters. St. John's Commandery of Knights Templar and the several Scottish Rite bodies. He was also a member of Slocum Post No. 10, Grand Army of the Republic, the Tenth Regiment Veteran Association and the Souantum, Pomham. Central and Anawan clubs.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 12th February 1919
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Manchester, Smith Co., Providence, R.I.
EDWIN A. SMITH DEAD
Providence Jeweler Passes Away at the Home of His Son-in-Law After a Long Illness
Providence. R. I., Feb. 10.– Edwin A. Smith, for several years a stockholder and director of the Manchester, Smith Co., manufacturing jewelers, financially interested at various times in several other manufacturing jewelry concerns, as well as prominent in business and financial circles of Providence, died at the home of his son-in-law, 99 President Ave., this city, yesterday morning after a long illness.
Mr. Smith was born April 3, 1843, at North Scituate, R. I., the son of Henry and Emeline Smith, and attended the district and public schools of his native town. He then became a student at the Pierce Academy, Middleboro, Mass., and upon completing the courses there, finished his education at the old Smithfield Seminary, Smithfield, R. I. For a time he taught school and later was employed in a grocery and general store in Scituate. He was an employe in the Scituate Bank and at the same time served as assistant town clerk.
hi 1861 Mr. Smith came to Providence and entered the employ of the old State Bank, and a year later, at the age of 19, was advanced to the position of cashier. When the Tenth Regiment, Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry, was recruited for service in the Civil War he enlisted May 26, 1862, in Company H, and was mustered out at the conclusion of the nine months' term.
In 1866 he became cashier of the City National Bank and served in that capacity until 1893, when he resigned to accept the position of treasurer of the Mechanics' Savings Bank. From 1872 to 1877 he served the city of Providence as a member of the Common Council and in 1877 as an alderman, and was for several years a member of the School Committee.
For the past 20 years he had been actively interested in the development of real estate and was a director in several manufacturing concerns and corporations. In 1903 Mr. Smith purchased an interest in the manufacturing jewelry concern that a year later. May 4, 1904, was incorporated as the Manchester-Smith Co. with a capital stock of $75,000. He had previously been financially interested in the Albro Co. and other manufacturing jewelry concerns. He continued his holdings in the Manchester-Smith Co. until early in 1917, when he disposed of his stock. Later the firm failed and because of certain technicalities under the corporation laws, litigations followed whereby Mr. Smith was called upon by prosecuting creditors to pay a number of large claims against the concern.
Mr. Smith had taken 32 degrees in the Masonic fraternity in Rhode Island, being a member of What Cheer Lodge, Providence Royal Arch Chapter. Providence Council of Royal and Select Masters. St. John's Commandery of Knights Templar and the several Scottish Rite bodies. He was also a member of Slocum Post No. 10, Grand Army of the Republic, the Tenth Regiment Veteran Association and the Souantum, Pomham. Central and Anawan clubs.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 12th February 1919
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JOSEPH RODGERS & SONS
Sheffield
From Sheffield to the Seaway
When the Queen opened the St. Lawrence Seaway, in June, she cut a tape with a pair of hand-forged scissors made about 1820. They came from the collection of Sheffield cutlers Joseph Rodgers & Sons.
Source: Watchmaker, Jeweller & Silversmith - August-September 1959
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Sheffield
From Sheffield to the Seaway
When the Queen opened the St. Lawrence Seaway, in June, she cut a tape with a pair of hand-forged scissors made about 1820. They came from the collection of Sheffield cutlers Joseph Rodgers & Sons.
Source: Watchmaker, Jeweller & Silversmith - August-September 1959
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GORHAM Co.
Evanston, Illinois
Unusual Exhibit of Silver at Evanston's "County Fair" for Charities
At the "County Fair" given recently by the women of Evanston, Ill., to aid several charities, the Gorham Co. had a booth arranged as a dining room with 17th Century tapestries on the walls, buffet, serving and side tables of rare old mahogany and a central table completely and correctly set with a handsome silver dinner service. A center-pole of shaded larkspur and other old-fashioned garden flowers, in a silver basket, gave the necessary touch of color to complete the artistic arrangement.
Instead of roping off the enclosure, as is usually the case with such a display, the space was left open so that visitors might walk right in, as they would go into a neighbor's home, to admire the silver and chat with the hostess, who answered questions and told something of the history of the various designs of silverware and discussed the proper setting of the table–much to the delight of various housewives who seemed uncertain about the correct use of such silver as appears only on state occasions in most families.
This booth of Gorham silverware was one of the most popular exhibits at the fair and aroused an astonishing amount of interest. Several told the hostess that some friend had urged them to be sure and see it and a great many women expressed their delight in being able to examine the silver and at the same time see how it would actually look in a home.
As upwards of 20,000 visitors came to the fair from Chicago's rich and fashionable North Shore suburbs, this opportunity of stimulating the interest of potential silver buyers was a most unusual one. The exhibit was engineered by Miss Marguerite Walker Jordan and by Miss Gertrude Mayo of the Gorham staff.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 29th June 1921
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Evanston, Illinois
Unusual Exhibit of Silver at Evanston's "County Fair" for Charities
At the "County Fair" given recently by the women of Evanston, Ill., to aid several charities, the Gorham Co. had a booth arranged as a dining room with 17th Century tapestries on the walls, buffet, serving and side tables of rare old mahogany and a central table completely and correctly set with a handsome silver dinner service. A center-pole of shaded larkspur and other old-fashioned garden flowers, in a silver basket, gave the necessary touch of color to complete the artistic arrangement.
Instead of roping off the enclosure, as is usually the case with such a display, the space was left open so that visitors might walk right in, as they would go into a neighbor's home, to admire the silver and chat with the hostess, who answered questions and told something of the history of the various designs of silverware and discussed the proper setting of the table–much to the delight of various housewives who seemed uncertain about the correct use of such silver as appears only on state occasions in most families.
This booth of Gorham silverware was one of the most popular exhibits at the fair and aroused an astonishing amount of interest. Several told the hostess that some friend had urged them to be sure and see it and a great many women expressed their delight in being able to examine the silver and at the same time see how it would actually look in a home.
As upwards of 20,000 visitors came to the fair from Chicago's rich and fashionable North Shore suburbs, this opportunity of stimulating the interest of potential silver buyers was a most unusual one. The exhibit was engineered by Miss Marguerite Walker Jordan and by Miss Gertrude Mayo of the Gorham staff.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 29th June 1921
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