Information Regarding the Towle Silversmiths

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Towle Manufacturing Company - Newburyport, Mass. - 1909

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W. J. Walker, representing the Towle Mfg. Co. and other American companies in Canada, is making a business trip to Boston.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 6th October 1897

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J. A. Todd, manager of the Chicago branch of the Towle Mfg. Co., has gone to New York, on business for the firm and will be absent several weeks.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 13th May 1891

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PHILADELPHIA

William E. Heisley, for the past six years with the Towle Manufacturing Company, of Newburyport. Mass, has opened a silverware factory here at 712 Sansom street.

Source: The Metal Industry - December 1912

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Towle Manufacturing Company - Newburyport, Mass. - 1894

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Towle Mfg. Co. - Newburyport, Mass. - 1895

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Towle Manufacturing Company - Newburyport, Mass. - 1893

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CHICAGO

James A. Todd met with a sad bereavement while visiting the Towle Mfg. Co.’s factory, in the death of his father, Robert C. Todd, of Wolcott, Conn. Mr. Todd, Sr., arose Friday, Oct. 18 in his usual health, but was stricken down a few hours later, passing away the morning of the 19th after an illness of less than 24 hours, J. A. Todd was in Newburyport and arrived at his old home Sunday in time for the funeral,

Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 6th November 1895

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CHICAGO

Mr. Drummond, for seven years cashier for the Towle Mfg. Co., has accepted a position with Armour & Co., the packers, as home and foreign accountant in the auditor's division.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 6th September 1899

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The Mutual Aid Association of the silver workers employed by the Towle Mfg. Co., Newburyport, Conn., held its first annual assembly in the City Hall of that town May 21, and the affair was voted a great success by all who participated and attended. The Towle Mfg. Co.’s orchestra rendered a number of selections and the programme of the evening included a number of original musical compositions composed and performed by members of the association. There were also humorous sketches, fencing bouts, athletic exhibitions, a minstrel sketch and a farce, after which refreshments were served and dancing was indulged in until the small hours of the morning. The affair was in charge of the executive committee, of which C. N. Safford is chairman, and C. E. Greaton, secretary and treasurer.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 30th May 1906

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An example of the Towle mark used on silver-plated flatware:





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An example of the work and mark of A.F. Towle & Son:



See: http://www.925-1000.com/americansilver_T2.html

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BOSTON

Garibaldi & Bruns, Charlotte, N. C., have been in town the past week stocking up for their new store in that place. While in this section they have been the guests of George T. Howard, of the Towle Mfg Co., Newburyport.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 24th June 1896

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BOSTON

L. D. Coles, vice-president and general manager of the Towle Mfg. Co., was in town the past week.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 13th March 1895

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BOSTON

H. P. Howard, representative here of the Towle Mfg. Co., and John F. Whelan, who had been in the employ of the late J. M. Longstreet and his predecessors, Sackett & Davis, about 15 years, have combined as the firm of Howard & Whelan, successors to J. M. Longstreet, purchasing the business at 383 Washington St., from the estate.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review- 27th June 1894

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CHICAGO

J. A. Todd, Towle Mfg. Co., is visiting at the Newburyport factory.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 20th February 1901

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The sterling silver ware of the bankrupt A. F. Towle & Son Co., Greenfield, Mass., has been sold to Smith & Murray, Greenfield, and to the R. H. White Co., Boston, Mass. The plated ware has been sold to Smith & Murray. The plant has not yet been sold.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 6th March 1901

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A bread basket by Towle Silversmiths:



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The Rogers, Lunt & Bowlen Company, which conducts a silversmithing business in Greenfield, employs about 150 people, many of them being highly skilled designers, engravers, die cutters, and silversmiths. The product of the factory is exceedingly interesting. Their work is executed entirely in solid silver, and the designs used are of a particularly pleasing variety. The colonial patterns of silverware which, during the past few years, have risen to a much deserved popularity are dwelt upon almost exclusively by the designers of the Rogers, Lunt & Bowlen silver. An interesting succession from the earliest silversmiths of Massachusetts is to lie traced in the personnel of the company. Among the earliest silvercrafters, in the eastern part of the state, were the Moultons whose business was established in 1692; since that early time it has been handed down from father to son through many generations. Anthony Towle learned his trade of the Moultons and established himself in business in 1855 moving to Greenfield in 1890 where the establishment was known as the A. F. Towle & Son Company. Messrs. Lunt and Bowlen had been engaged with Mr. Towle since 1882 and 1884 respectively, having come to Greenfield in those years. The present corporation of Rogers, Lunt & Bowlen Company succeeded the A. F. Towle & Son Company in 1902. From the foregoing the direct succession from the Colonial silversmiths is to he noted, and this influence is now traceable in the Colonial Patterns of silverware produced by this concern. The output of the factory is widely distributed. The company manufactures everything which is demanded for the most elaborate setting of a dining table, and its designers are continually producing new patterns which are executed in their exquisite designs. The company has an office in San Francisco at 717 Market Street; in Chicago at the corner of Madison and Wabash Avenue, and in New York at 15 Maiden Lane. Besides these salesrooms, it has a force of eleven salesmen upon the road who cover every town and state in the country. The factory is one of the busiest in Greenfield.

Source: Western New England - Springfield Board of Trade - 1912

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