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J.W. Johnson - Representing The Middletown Plate Company, Superior Silver Plate, No. 22 John Street.— The leading source of supply for superior silver plate in the metropolis is the establishment of Mr. J. W. Johnson, who has been established here as a dealer in silver plated ware for a period of thirty years, and is prominent in the trade as exclusive New York agent for the Middletown Plate Company, of Middletown, Conn. He now carries the largest and finest assortment of all grades of silverware to be found in New York. The Middletown Plate Company have long been justly celebrated for the elegance and superiority of their productions. They have been engaged in the industry for the past thirty-five years and are thus specially qualified for success therein, bringing to bear ample resources, perfected facilities and expert management. They are noted for the beauty and originality of their designs, the most desirable and popular known to the trade, and all wares stamped with their name attest their purity and excellence. They manufacture full lines of tableware and ornamental articles, including tea and coffee sets, urns, ice pitchers, trays and salvers, cups and spoons, knives and forks, and n vast variety of ornamental articles for decorative purposes. The management is enterprising and progressive, fully sustaining their high reputation, and affording the American public the equal of the finest Hall marked wares of England, at the lowest prices commensurate with quality. Mr. Johnson has a large and influential trade that extends to all parts of the United States, and is in a position to guarantee the prompt and perfect fulfillment of all orders and entire satisfaction to his customers. Mr. Johnson is a native of Middlesex County, N. J., and a citizen of Plain field, N. J., where he owns " Woodbrook Farm," one of the finest stock farms in the State. He is the owner of Young Stamboul and Nominee, and has five stallions and a herd of high-class cattle on his farm that are worthy the inspection of connoisseurs. He is also a director of the First National Bank of Plainfield, N. J., and a sound, reliable and responsible business man.
Source New York - 1894
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