THE GODING COLLECTION OF SNUFF-BOXES
London
The unique collection of snuff-boxes formed by Mr. Charles Goding, of Knightsbridge, which has been on loan for some years at the South Kensington Museum, has been purchased by Messrs. Wertheimer, Bond Street, for the sum of about £40,000.
Source: The Watchmaker, Jeweller and Silversmith - 6th December 1880
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PACIFIC SILVER Mfg. Co.
Los Angeles
The Pacific Silver Mfg. Co. is a new concern which recently commenced business at 507 San Pedro St., Los Angeles, Cal., to manufacture sterling silver goods. The proprietors are Adolf Braese, John Thiel and Edward Schill.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 7th November 1906
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Los Angeles
The Pacific Silver Mfg. Co. is a new concern which recently commenced business at 507 San Pedro St., Los Angeles, Cal., to manufacture sterling silver goods. The proprietors are Adolf Braese, John Thiel and Edward Schill.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 7th November 1906
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MISSING SILVERWARE FROM THE CRUISER 'DENVER'
Havana, Cuba
It has been reported by the officers of the cruiser Denver, one of the Navy’s men-of-war to receive costly silver services from the States after which they have been named, that four of the handsome silver loving cups attached to the service are missing and have been missing for about two weeks, at which time the officers entertained society people of Havana aboard the cruiser. The Denver is now lying at League Island, and efforts are being made to locate the missing silver, since its absence spoils the completeness and effect of the expensive display service.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 14th November 1906
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Havana, Cuba
It has been reported by the officers of the cruiser Denver, one of the Navy’s men-of-war to receive costly silver services from the States after which they have been named, that four of the handsome silver loving cups attached to the service are missing and have been missing for about two weeks, at which time the officers entertained society people of Havana aboard the cruiser. The Denver is now lying at League Island, and efforts are being made to locate the missing silver, since its absence spoils the completeness and effect of the expensive display service.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 14th November 1906
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ROBBERY AT WYON'S
London
During the dense fog which enveloped the metropolis on Wednesday, January 25th, a robbery of an audacious character was effected at the shop of Messrs. J. S. and A. B. Wyon, Regent Street, jewellers. About noon, when the fog was at its worst, a large stone was hurled through the shop window, which is quite unprotected, and, by means of the breach thus made, a casket containing precious stones and jewellery of the value of £600 was extracted. Before the assistants could get out of the shop the thieves had disappeared with their booty in the fog, so the pursuit was rendered useless.
Source: The Watchmaker, Jeweller and Silversmith - 6th February 1882
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London
During the dense fog which enveloped the metropolis on Wednesday, January 25th, a robbery of an audacious character was effected at the shop of Messrs. J. S. and A. B. Wyon, Regent Street, jewellers. About noon, when the fog was at its worst, a large stone was hurled through the shop window, which is quite unprotected, and, by means of the breach thus made, a casket containing precious stones and jewellery of the value of £600 was extracted. Before the assistants could get out of the shop the thieves had disappeared with their booty in the fog, so the pursuit was rendered useless.
Source: The Watchmaker, Jeweller and Silversmith - 6th February 1882
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FIFTY-EIGHT YEARS SERVICE
North Attleboro, Massachusetts
William H. Herring, who last Thursday celebrated his 82d birthday, has a record for continuous work for one concern. He has been employed by E. Ira Richards & Co. for 58 years and is still working for that firm. Mr. Herring began work at the age of 14 for Richards & Codding, under which name the firm was then operated, he left for a few years, but in 1850 returned to the concern, and has labored continuously since. He has missed but very little time during this long range of years. Mr. Herring is a native of North Attleboro, having been born in the section known as Robinsonville April 23, 1826.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 29th April 1908
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North Attleboro, Massachusetts
William H. Herring, who last Thursday celebrated his 82d birthday, has a record for continuous work for one concern. He has been employed by E. Ira Richards & Co. for 58 years and is still working for that firm. Mr. Herring began work at the age of 14 for Richards & Codding, under which name the firm was then operated, he left for a few years, but in 1850 returned to the concern, and has labored continuously since. He has missed but very little time during this long range of years. Mr. Herring is a native of North Attleboro, having been born in the section known as Robinsonville April 23, 1826.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 29th April 1908
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A NEW JEWELLERY MANUFACTORY
Hull, England
With the view of meeting the demands of business, and with combining the manufacture and sale of every description of work in gold and silver, Mr. B. Barnett has utilised his extensive property at the rear of his premises in Whitefriargate, and built a manufactory. The height and depth of the shop have been greatly increased, and the whole of the frontage will shortly be rebuilt, so as to make the building as elegant and imposing as the shop will be attractive. We may observe that Mr. Barnett intends to add to his present business that of a dealer in antique works of art, china, and articles of vertu, so that the shop, or rather the rear portion of it, will present all the characteristics of an art exhibition. Ranged along the sides of the added portion of the shop will be splendid cases, mirrors, timepieces, exquisite antique cabinets, and pictures. Especial care has been exercised to secure perfect ventilation and lighting. On the ground floor is a spacious warehouse and packing room, whilst on the first floor are large workrooms devoted to burnishing and polishing plate and jewellery. On the second floor are rooms for watch and chronometer makers, and for the execution of general repairs. On the third floor there it a long range of shops devoted to the manufacture of almost every kind of gold and silver jewellery, plating, gilding, frosting, colouring, &c, and special laboratories for rolling, melting, and testing metals. The lathes will be worked by a gas-engine. On the fourth floor, and rising above the general height of the main block of the building, is an observatory filled with transit instruments for taking true observations. The whole building is fitted up with special telephonic and electric communication, and the arrangements are as complete as experience and judgment can suggest. It will thus be seen that the improvement in the premises is of the most extensive character, whilst the introduction of the manufacture of plate and jewellery not only brings a new source of industry to Hull, but secures to purchasers the advantage of being able to have any design carried out on the spot. Few, if any, establishments in the provinces, not excepting Liverpool and Manchester, are more complete than Mr. Barnett's. The alterations and enlargement have been carried out by Mr. B. S. Jacobs, Architect. — Communicated by Mr. H. Bush.
Source: The Watchmaker, Jeweller and Silversmith - 5th January 1883
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Hull, England
With the view of meeting the demands of business, and with combining the manufacture and sale of every description of work in gold and silver, Mr. B. Barnett has utilised his extensive property at the rear of his premises in Whitefriargate, and built a manufactory. The height and depth of the shop have been greatly increased, and the whole of the frontage will shortly be rebuilt, so as to make the building as elegant and imposing as the shop will be attractive. We may observe that Mr. Barnett intends to add to his present business that of a dealer in antique works of art, china, and articles of vertu, so that the shop, or rather the rear portion of it, will present all the characteristics of an art exhibition. Ranged along the sides of the added portion of the shop will be splendid cases, mirrors, timepieces, exquisite antique cabinets, and pictures. Especial care has been exercised to secure perfect ventilation and lighting. On the ground floor is a spacious warehouse and packing room, whilst on the first floor are large workrooms devoted to burnishing and polishing plate and jewellery. On the second floor are rooms for watch and chronometer makers, and for the execution of general repairs. On the third floor there it a long range of shops devoted to the manufacture of almost every kind of gold and silver jewellery, plating, gilding, frosting, colouring, &c, and special laboratories for rolling, melting, and testing metals. The lathes will be worked by a gas-engine. On the fourth floor, and rising above the general height of the main block of the building, is an observatory filled with transit instruments for taking true observations. The whole building is fitted up with special telephonic and electric communication, and the arrangements are as complete as experience and judgment can suggest. It will thus be seen that the improvement in the premises is of the most extensive character, whilst the introduction of the manufacture of plate and jewellery not only brings a new source of industry to Hull, but secures to purchasers the advantage of being able to have any design carried out on the spot. Few, if any, establishments in the provinces, not excepting Liverpool and Manchester, are more complete than Mr. Barnett's. The alterations and enlargement have been carried out by Mr. B. S. Jacobs, Architect. — Communicated by Mr. H. Bush.
Source: The Watchmaker, Jeweller and Silversmith - 5th January 1883
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THE ELECTRIFICATION OF THE SHOWROOMS OF WM. EGAN & SONS
Cork, Ireland
The following particulars of an installation I have just put to work to light the shop and show room of Messrs. Wm. Egan & Sons, jewellers, of this city, may be of interest, as they more than bear out the statements of Mr. J. H. Greenhill in your two last issues as to the work to be got out of the ½ H.P. Crossley gas engine. The installation at present consists of 25 Swan lamps, 20 and 10 candle-power; 26 E.P.S. cells, 17 S type, one modified Gramme armature dynamo, which I have designed and built specially for this installation, and a ½ H.P. Otto gas engine as motor. On the first night that the engine and dynamo were run (the accumulators were not used) it was found easy to light to their full incandescence 11 Swan 20 CP. 52 volt lamps, and one 50 CP. 50 volt (this latter being a little overworked), or equal to 13.5 of the 20 CP. lamps. The consumption of gas was taken simultaneously, and was 54 feet per hour, from which it will be seen that Mr. Greenhill has rather under-stated the power to be obtained from an Otto ½ horse engine. The consumption of Cork gas is about 10 to 12 feet per hour more than of Belfast, but the light obtained is greater per unit of gas consumed by about 7 to 9 per cent. ; this result is doubtless due to the high resistance of the shunt wire used to excite the field magnets of the dynamo, which are of wrought iron with laminated pole-pieces, and to the low resistance of the armature, whereby a considerable economy in the production of the current might reasonably be expected. But as Mr. Greenhill's dynamos are of as high efficiency as any in the market, it is probable that the saving is effected as much as anything in the transmission of the power from the engine to the dynamo, a matter about which electricians, especially in small installations, seem to trouble themselves but little, though it would repay attention quite as well as the most painstaking study of the best proportions for the electrical and magnetic portions of the dynamo, as with the high efficiency already obtained, four or five per cent, is all that could be realised in this direction! scarcely more than the difference arising from the use of good or bad lubricants. As the installation has been so successful, Mr. Egan is about extending the use of the light throughout his workshops and dwelling house with Messrs. Woodhouse and Rawson's lamps, on the completion of which extension I will send particulars of interest.
G. Percival.
Per pro Arthur Percival,
Cork, January 18th, 1886.
Source: The Electrical Review - 22nd January 1886
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Cork, Ireland
The following particulars of an installation I have just put to work to light the shop and show room of Messrs. Wm. Egan & Sons, jewellers, of this city, may be of interest, as they more than bear out the statements of Mr. J. H. Greenhill in your two last issues as to the work to be got out of the ½ H.P. Crossley gas engine. The installation at present consists of 25 Swan lamps, 20 and 10 candle-power; 26 E.P.S. cells, 17 S type, one modified Gramme armature dynamo, which I have designed and built specially for this installation, and a ½ H.P. Otto gas engine as motor. On the first night that the engine and dynamo were run (the accumulators were not used) it was found easy to light to their full incandescence 11 Swan 20 CP. 52 volt lamps, and one 50 CP. 50 volt (this latter being a little overworked), or equal to 13.5 of the 20 CP. lamps. The consumption of gas was taken simultaneously, and was 54 feet per hour, from which it will be seen that Mr. Greenhill has rather under-stated the power to be obtained from an Otto ½ horse engine. The consumption of Cork gas is about 10 to 12 feet per hour more than of Belfast, but the light obtained is greater per unit of gas consumed by about 7 to 9 per cent. ; this result is doubtless due to the high resistance of the shunt wire used to excite the field magnets of the dynamo, which are of wrought iron with laminated pole-pieces, and to the low resistance of the armature, whereby a considerable economy in the production of the current might reasonably be expected. But as Mr. Greenhill's dynamos are of as high efficiency as any in the market, it is probable that the saving is effected as much as anything in the transmission of the power from the engine to the dynamo, a matter about which electricians, especially in small installations, seem to trouble themselves but little, though it would repay attention quite as well as the most painstaking study of the best proportions for the electrical and magnetic portions of the dynamo, as with the high efficiency already obtained, four or five per cent, is all that could be realised in this direction! scarcely more than the difference arising from the use of good or bad lubricants. As the installation has been so successful, Mr. Egan is about extending the use of the light throughout his workshops and dwelling house with Messrs. Woodhouse and Rawson's lamps, on the completion of which extension I will send particulars of interest.
G. Percival.
Per pro Arthur Percival,
Cork, January 18th, 1886.
Source: The Electrical Review - 22nd January 1886
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DISPOSAL OF THE PLANT AND TOOLS OF THE CAMPBELL-METCALF SILVER Co.
Providence, Rhode Island
Assignee's Sale of the Plant of the Campbell-Metcalf Silver Co.
Providence, R. I., Sept. 26.—Albert A Remington, assignee of the Campbell-Metcalf Silver Co.. advertises an assignee's sale of the latter concern's plant at auction, to take place at the factory, 100 Stewart St.. Oct. 6. The entire outfit, including large and small machinery, tools, office furniture and fixtures, will be offered either as a whole or in lots to suit purchasers.
As stated in the advertisement, this sale will offer a good opportunity for persons looking for an up-to-date outfit, being a complete silversmith's plant in good order The finished goods contained in the factory were sold last week to New York and Chicago parties.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 28th September 1898
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Providence, Rhode Island
Assignee's Sale of the Plant of the Campbell-Metcalf Silver Co.
Providence, R. I., Sept. 26.—Albert A Remington, assignee of the Campbell-Metcalf Silver Co.. advertises an assignee's sale of the latter concern's plant at auction, to take place at the factory, 100 Stewart St.. Oct. 6. The entire outfit, including large and small machinery, tools, office furniture and fixtures, will be offered either as a whole or in lots to suit purchasers.
As stated in the advertisement, this sale will offer a good opportunity for persons looking for an up-to-date outfit, being a complete silversmith's plant in good order The finished goods contained in the factory were sold last week to New York and Chicago parties.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 28th September 1898
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WILLIS W. BROWNE
Chicago
Willis W. Browne, for 13 years with the Holmes & Edwards Silver Co. and Manhattan Silver Plate Co., has been appointed Chicago manager of these companies, vice T. R. Barnes, resigned. Mr. Browne is a native of Joliet. Ill., coming to Chicago with his parents 21 years ago. As a youth of 17 he entered the employ of the above companies as an office boy and was shortly after promoted to have charge of the books, acting as both bookkeeper and salesman. Mr. Browne is well known to the trade, and is a man in whom the company place great reliance and one who has proven by past deeds his fitness for the position he now occupies.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 3rd February 1897
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Chicago
Willis W. Browne, for 13 years with the Holmes & Edwards Silver Co. and Manhattan Silver Plate Co., has been appointed Chicago manager of these companies, vice T. R. Barnes, resigned. Mr. Browne is a native of Joliet. Ill., coming to Chicago with his parents 21 years ago. As a youth of 17 he entered the employ of the above companies as an office boy and was shortly after promoted to have charge of the books, acting as both bookkeeper and salesman. Mr. Browne is well known to the trade, and is a man in whom the company place great reliance and one who has proven by past deeds his fitness for the position he now occupies.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 3rd February 1897
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DISPUTES AT THE VAN BERGH SILVER PLATE Co.
Rochester, New York
The plant of the Van Bergh Silver Plate Company has suffered some annoyance of late by walkouts. The first walkout was caused, it is claimed, by the fact that the company employed a number of inexperienced workers in order to increase the output. The second strike came about following the company's refusal to reinstate the men who left the plant. The plant was crippled for a short while, but a large majority of the employees remained in their departments and gradually the production returned to normal conditions.
Source: The Metal Industry - August 1920
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Rochester, New York
The plant of the Van Bergh Silver Plate Company has suffered some annoyance of late by walkouts. The first walkout was caused, it is claimed, by the fact that the company employed a number of inexperienced workers in order to increase the output. The second strike came about following the company's refusal to reinstate the men who left the plant. The plant was crippled for a short while, but a large majority of the employees remained in their departments and gradually the production returned to normal conditions.
Source: The Metal Industry - August 1920
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LOST AND FOUND
London
A pearl romance of an unusual character has been going on in London lately. On July 22, the Baroness von Eckhardstein, daughter of Sir John
Blundell Maple, M. P., lost a necklace of 74 pearls in St. James’s Park, while on her way to some well known jewelers to have them restrung. A reward of £20 was immediately offered for them but elicited no response; a further offer was made of £1 for each pearl returned. So far, however, none have been recovered, but some curious details of their fate have transpired. It appears a child of seven, in company of two younger ones, picked up the parcel and after admiring the lovely beads took them home to the “Borough,” one of the least savory of London slums. The youngsters played with them, and in the ordinary course they were soon all lost. Some were shown to the boy’s mother, but she had no idea of any value attaching to them until she saw the advertisement a fortnight after they had all disappeared. All likely corners, drains, etc., have been cleared and swept, but without result. Until quite recently a valuable parcel of diamonds was in the hands of the police awaiting ownership; it was picked up in the middle of London a long time ago, but all efforts to trace the owner failed. The two incidents form an interesting commentary on London life.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 11th October 1899
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London
A pearl romance of an unusual character has been going on in London lately. On July 22, the Baroness von Eckhardstein, daughter of Sir John
Blundell Maple, M. P., lost a necklace of 74 pearls in St. James’s Park, while on her way to some well known jewelers to have them restrung. A reward of £20 was immediately offered for them but elicited no response; a further offer was made of £1 for each pearl returned. So far, however, none have been recovered, but some curious details of their fate have transpired. It appears a child of seven, in company of two younger ones, picked up the parcel and after admiring the lovely beads took them home to the “Borough,” one of the least savory of London slums. The youngsters played with them, and in the ordinary course they were soon all lost. Some were shown to the boy’s mother, but she had no idea of any value attaching to them until she saw the advertisement a fortnight after they had all disappeared. All likely corners, drains, etc., have been cleared and swept, but without result. Until quite recently a valuable parcel of diamonds was in the hands of the police awaiting ownership; it was picked up in the middle of London a long time ago, but all efforts to trace the owner failed. The two incidents form an interesting commentary on London life.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 11th October 1899
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DEATH OF MARCUS HENRY VAN BERGH
Rochester, New York
Marcus Henry Van Bergh died early in July at his home. No. 198 Culver road, Rochester, N. Y., aged 65 years. He had been ill about two weeks. He was born in Brockport, N. Y., on October 13, 1856, and came to Rochester with his parents when a year old. He was educated in Rochester and in New York.
Mr. Van Bergh went to Australia in 1881, where he married. After fifteen years in that country he returned to Rochester and formed a co-partnership with his brothers, Frederick and Morris E. Van Bergh. Thus was established the Van Bergh Silver-Plating Company. He was secretary and treasurer of the firm until 1916, when he retired from active participation in the company's affairs. He became a vice-president, 'however.
Mr. Van Bergh was also a member of the board of directors of the Taylor Instrument Companies and treasurer of the Moon Insurance Company. He was a prominent Mason and belonged to many clubs.
Source: The Metal Industry - July 1922
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Rochester, New York
Marcus Henry Van Bergh died early in July at his home. No. 198 Culver road, Rochester, N. Y., aged 65 years. He had been ill about two weeks. He was born in Brockport, N. Y., on October 13, 1856, and came to Rochester with his parents when a year old. He was educated in Rochester and in New York.
Mr. Van Bergh went to Australia in 1881, where he married. After fifteen years in that country he returned to Rochester and formed a co-partnership with his brothers, Frederick and Morris E. Van Bergh. Thus was established the Van Bergh Silver-Plating Company. He was secretary and treasurer of the firm until 1916, when he retired from active participation in the company's affairs. He became a vice-president, 'however.
Mr. Van Bergh was also a member of the board of directors of the Taylor Instrument Companies and treasurer of the Moon Insurance Company. He was a prominent Mason and belonged to many clubs.
Source: The Metal Industry - July 1922
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THE PRESENTATION OF A BRIDE
Russia
Not very long ago an extraordinary set of ornaments was seen by an English traveler at a "bride show" in Russia. The mother of the bride, being of an ingenious turn of mind, presented her daughter with a girdle consisting of seventy-two silver-gilt tablespoons, a necklace of a like number of ordinary spoons—let us hope in view of the weight that they were teaspoons—while fastened at the back, in the form of a cross, were a couple of silver ladles.
Source: The Jewelers Review - 14th June 1899
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Russia
Not very long ago an extraordinary set of ornaments was seen by an English traveler at a "bride show" in Russia. The mother of the bride, being of an ingenious turn of mind, presented her daughter with a girdle consisting of seventy-two silver-gilt tablespoons, a necklace of a like number of ordinary spoons—let us hope in view of the weight that they were teaspoons—while fastened at the back, in the form of a cross, were a couple of silver ladles.
Source: The Jewelers Review - 14th June 1899
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DEATH OF JAMES HARKNESS
New York
James Harkness, an expert gold and silversmith, who had been for many years superintendent in the gold thimble factory of Ketcham & McDougall, died Saturday, Feb. 2, at his home, 1123 Jefferson Ave., Brooklyn. Mr. Harkness was a native of England, where he was born in 1839. For nearly 40 years he had lived in the eastern district of Brooklyn. For 20 years he was superintendent of the Ainsley St. Baptist Church Sunday school, and more recently he had acted in a similar capacity at the Bushwick Baptist Church. He is survived by a widow, three sons and three daughters.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 13th February 1907
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New York
James Harkness, an expert gold and silversmith, who had been for many years superintendent in the gold thimble factory of Ketcham & McDougall, died Saturday, Feb. 2, at his home, 1123 Jefferson Ave., Brooklyn. Mr. Harkness was a native of England, where he was born in 1839. For nearly 40 years he had lived in the eastern district of Brooklyn. For 20 years he was superintendent of the Ainsley St. Baptist Church Sunday school, and more recently he had acted in a similar capacity at the Bushwick Baptist Church. He is survived by a widow, three sons and three daughters.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 13th February 1907
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THE INCORPORATION OF THE BALTIMORE SILVERSMITHS Mfg. Co.
Baltimore, Maryland
The Baltimore Silversmiths Mfg. Co. has been incorporated in Baltimore, Md., with a capital stock of $50,000, divided into 1,000 shares of $50 each. The concern will manufacture silverware and conduct a general silversmithing business. The incorporators were : George F. Franz, William Heer, George Walter, Frank M. Schofield, R Hughes, Harry Woodall, Howard Fisher and Adolph Lohrmann.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 6th March 1907
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Baltimore, Maryland
The Baltimore Silversmiths Mfg. Co. has been incorporated in Baltimore, Md., with a capital stock of $50,000, divided into 1,000 shares of $50 each. The concern will manufacture silverware and conduct a general silversmithing business. The incorporators were : George F. Franz, William Heer, George Walter, Frank M. Schofield, R Hughes, Harry Woodall, Howard Fisher and Adolph Lohrmann.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 6th March 1907
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GORHAM ACQUIRE CONTROLLING INTEREST IN THE WHITING Mfg. Co.
Providence, Rhode Island
The Gorham Manufacturing Company of Providence, R. I., manufacturing silversmiths, have purchased the controlling interest in The Whiting Manufacturing Company of New York City. The Whiting Company have been one of the principal competitors of the Gorham Company, and this control will amalgamate both interests. It is reported that $800,000 was paid for the interest. Charles E. Bulkley, the president of the Whiting Company and Fred. S. Salisbury, the treasurer, will retire.
Source: The Brass World and Platers Guide - April 1905
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Providence, Rhode Island
The Gorham Manufacturing Company of Providence, R. I., manufacturing silversmiths, have purchased the controlling interest in The Whiting Manufacturing Company of New York City. The Whiting Company have been one of the principal competitors of the Gorham Company, and this control will amalgamate both interests. It is reported that $800,000 was paid for the interest. Charles E. Bulkley, the president of the Whiting Company and Fred. S. Salisbury, the treasurer, will retire.
Source: The Brass World and Platers Guide - April 1905
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NEUHAUS Mfg. Co.
Cincinnati
The Neuhaus Mfg. Co. are getting into shape to make a full line of silver spoons and dishes in various patterns. They have all the dies for special pieces and will begin to make goods for stock as soon as they get in a drop. They have already 11 men at work and expect to increase the force in a few weeks. John Lakin, who is president of the coneern, thought to remain with the Duhme Co., where he has been salesman for a number of years, but the rapidly increasing business of the new firm caused him to assume duties in their own office.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 14th July 1897
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Cincinnati
The Neuhaus Mfg. Co. are getting into shape to make a full line of silver spoons and dishes in various patterns. They have all the dies for special pieces and will begin to make goods for stock as soon as they get in a drop. They have already 11 men at work and expect to increase the force in a few weeks. John Lakin, who is president of the coneern, thought to remain with the Duhme Co., where he has been salesman for a number of years, but the rapidly increasing business of the new firm caused him to assume duties in their own office.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 14th July 1897
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LOCKOUT OF SILVER WORKERS
Shelton, Connecticut
On February 15, 1915, the International Silver Company, Factory "B," located at Shelton, Conn., locked out sixty-seven members of Local 58, of Derby, Conn.
This firm for two years has been gradually introducing the so-called "efficiency system," otherwise known as the "Taylor system," which is only made successful by the use of the stop-watch.
They combined their former individual card record system with an efficiency piece-work rating, composed by themselves, combining the whole into a task system.
Our members in the polishing and buffing departments were told that they would have to accept a ten per cent reduction and that they would have to work piece work at prices they decided to give them. Piece-work in itself would be a hardship, as the work does not come in sufficient quantities to enable the employees to earn anywhere near a fair day's wages without the cut.
When the men protested the firm immediately posted a notice (five minutes to twelve) that the department would be shut down until the piece-work prices were accepted.
The next day the solderers were told that they would have to go on piecework, and jobs listed at 9 cents were cut to eight cents; jobs listed at 8 cents were cut to 7 cents. When the solderers to a man refused to accept the reduction the firm closed the entire plant down, and it has been closed since.
This grievance has been in the hands of the International Executive Board ever since it arose and has been endorsed with both moral and financial support.
The employees offered to compare prices paid in other International Silver factories. The company refused to consider this; their edict was: "Wage reductions and piece-work efficiency systems." From the stand taken by the company it is evident that this is only the entering wedge for a general reduction in wages throughout the entire silver industries and an effort to completely establish the efficiency system everywhere in all its phases.
It is a pleasure to note the stand taken by the silver workers of that city, the first to feel the iron heel of oppression, refusing to yield, willing to fight and suffer hardships to not only protect their own personal interests but to fight to prevent an attempt to cut other silver workers in other cities, both organized and unorganized.
Give this lockout all the publicity possible. Explain the details to every member and to every man in the silver industry not yet organized, that it may be the means of arousing them to their need for a thorough organizing of our craft.
Source: Our Journal - Metal Polishers, Buffers, Platers, Brass and Silver Workers Union of North America - April 1915
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Shelton, Connecticut
On February 15, 1915, the International Silver Company, Factory "B," located at Shelton, Conn., locked out sixty-seven members of Local 58, of Derby, Conn.
This firm for two years has been gradually introducing the so-called "efficiency system," otherwise known as the "Taylor system," which is only made successful by the use of the stop-watch.
They combined their former individual card record system with an efficiency piece-work rating, composed by themselves, combining the whole into a task system.
Our members in the polishing and buffing departments were told that they would have to accept a ten per cent reduction and that they would have to work piece work at prices they decided to give them. Piece-work in itself would be a hardship, as the work does not come in sufficient quantities to enable the employees to earn anywhere near a fair day's wages without the cut.
When the men protested the firm immediately posted a notice (five minutes to twelve) that the department would be shut down until the piece-work prices were accepted.
The next day the solderers were told that they would have to go on piecework, and jobs listed at 9 cents were cut to eight cents; jobs listed at 8 cents were cut to 7 cents. When the solderers to a man refused to accept the reduction the firm closed the entire plant down, and it has been closed since.
This grievance has been in the hands of the International Executive Board ever since it arose and has been endorsed with both moral and financial support.
The employees offered to compare prices paid in other International Silver factories. The company refused to consider this; their edict was: "Wage reductions and piece-work efficiency systems." From the stand taken by the company it is evident that this is only the entering wedge for a general reduction in wages throughout the entire silver industries and an effort to completely establish the efficiency system everywhere in all its phases.
It is a pleasure to note the stand taken by the silver workers of that city, the first to feel the iron heel of oppression, refusing to yield, willing to fight and suffer hardships to not only protect their own personal interests but to fight to prevent an attempt to cut other silver workers in other cities, both organized and unorganized.
Give this lockout all the publicity possible. Explain the details to every member and to every man in the silver industry not yet organized, that it may be the means of arousing them to their need for a thorough organizing of our craft.
Source: Our Journal - Metal Polishers, Buffers, Platers, Brass and Silver Workers Union of North America - April 1915
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Re: The Daily Snippet - Past News of the Silver Trade
ALEXANDER McGREGOR
Newark, New Jersey
Alexander McGregor, an old and well known die cutter of Newark, died last week at his home in Clinton Place, in that city. Mr. McGregor was 81 years old, and was born in Forest (Forres?), Scotland. In 1848 he came to America, and for more than 30 years was in business in Newark as a manufacturer of jewelers' dies. He retired 12 years ago.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 25th May 1898
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Newark, New Jersey
Alexander McGregor, an old and well known die cutter of Newark, died last week at his home in Clinton Place, in that city. Mr. McGregor was 81 years old, and was born in Forest (Forres?), Scotland. In 1848 he came to America, and for more than 30 years was in business in Newark as a manufacturer of jewelers' dies. He retired 12 years ago.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 25th May 1898
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Re: The Daily Snippet - Past News of the Silver Trade
EFFECT OF DEATH OF THE QUEEN UPON THE JEWELLERY TRADES
London
London, Eng., Feb. 10. It is too early to estimate the full effect of the Queen’s death upon the jewelry and allied trades, but some idea of its tendency may be gathered. The question does not merely relate to British manufactures, but has considerable importance as regards foreign import trade. The event is of unprecedented dimensions, the only calamity even remotely analogous being the death of the Prince Consort, in 1861. The term fixed for “official" mourning is based upon the precedent of the rules promulgated at the death of William IV. General mourning (as distinguished from “court” mourning) has been reduced to full mourning until March 6, followed by half mourning until April 17. This announcement has met with general approval. The general public are also enjoined to wear “the deepest mourning.” It is usually understood that the general mourning is to last for about half the period assigned to the court. The immense expense involved will, of course, divert funds which would otherwise be available for the customary luxuries, and in many ways affect the actual necessities of the poorer classes. Added to this the stagnation of the many trades dependent upon the social pleasures of the well-to-do classes will cause distress among the employes ; only a few favored trades, mainly the textile, will derive any benefit.
The official order for court mourning is as follows : Lord Chamberlain’s Office, Jan. 2-1. Orders for the Court to go into mourning for her late Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, of blessed memory, viz. : The ladies to wear black dresses trimmed with crape, and black shoes and gloves, black fans, feathers and ornaments; the gentlemen to wear black Court dress with black swords and buckles. The mourning to commence from the date of this order. The Court to change the mourning on Wednesday, July 24 next, viz. : The ladies to wear black dresses with colored ribbons, flowers, feathers and ornaments, or gray or white dresses with black ribbons, flowers, feathers and ornaments. The gentlemen to continue the same mourning, and on Friday, Jan. 24 next, the Court to go out of mourning. As regards jewelry, the customary formula on such occasions is abandoned. It was usual in all recent precedents to allow “pearls, diamonds and plain gold and silver ornaments.” The phraseology of the present order is copied with slight variations from that on the death of the Prince Consort with the important exception that during the second period (half or semi-mourning, as it called) the words as to pearls, etc., quoted above, were inserted. The difference is very marked and it is possible a subsequent notice may be issued rectifying the omission. When mourning garb was more strictly confined to black attire no jewelry, properly so called, was worn. Pearls were first admitted and later on diamonds were allowed even in the early or “full” mourning stage. Later on colored gems, such as rubies, amethysts and opals, were not considered out of place in “half mourning.” Jet is, of course, at all times permissible, and in later years black enamel ornaments have been in vogue.
The jewelry trade hardly knows yet how far to go and, as a consequence, nothing has been done beyond filling up stocks of jet goods, black enamel ornaments and the more modern oxidized and “gun metal” wares. Jet ornaments, brooches mostly; earrings perhaps ; bracelets, pins and so forth will have a great sale among poorer customers and a limited vogue in wealthier circles ; but these hardly come within the province of jewelry. Black enamel offers a wider scope for workers in the precious metals, but gun metal and oxidized goods are principally of foreign make. Without some mitigation of the official orders it is difficult to see how the jewelers can keep their workmen going. Watch chains of gold alternated with black steel are being shown for men’s wear, and studs, links and scarf pins will be in demand. The old fashioned jet alberts and silk with gold bands are also being put into the show cases, but it is difficult to imagine a revival of their popularity. Souvenir portraits and badges will find plenty of customers, but it is probable most of these will be imported, although Birmingham will, doubtless, do what it can to supply the demand. High class jewelry is at present out of the running, but any cheap, effective ornaments coming within the limits of “mourning” will find a ready market from whatever quarter they come.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 13th May 1901
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London
London, Eng., Feb. 10. It is too early to estimate the full effect of the Queen’s death upon the jewelry and allied trades, but some idea of its tendency may be gathered. The question does not merely relate to British manufactures, but has considerable importance as regards foreign import trade. The event is of unprecedented dimensions, the only calamity even remotely analogous being the death of the Prince Consort, in 1861. The term fixed for “official" mourning is based upon the precedent of the rules promulgated at the death of William IV. General mourning (as distinguished from “court” mourning) has been reduced to full mourning until March 6, followed by half mourning until April 17. This announcement has met with general approval. The general public are also enjoined to wear “the deepest mourning.” It is usually understood that the general mourning is to last for about half the period assigned to the court. The immense expense involved will, of course, divert funds which would otherwise be available for the customary luxuries, and in many ways affect the actual necessities of the poorer classes. Added to this the stagnation of the many trades dependent upon the social pleasures of the well-to-do classes will cause distress among the employes ; only a few favored trades, mainly the textile, will derive any benefit.
The official order for court mourning is as follows : Lord Chamberlain’s Office, Jan. 2-1. Orders for the Court to go into mourning for her late Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, of blessed memory, viz. : The ladies to wear black dresses trimmed with crape, and black shoes and gloves, black fans, feathers and ornaments; the gentlemen to wear black Court dress with black swords and buckles. The mourning to commence from the date of this order. The Court to change the mourning on Wednesday, July 24 next, viz. : The ladies to wear black dresses with colored ribbons, flowers, feathers and ornaments, or gray or white dresses with black ribbons, flowers, feathers and ornaments. The gentlemen to continue the same mourning, and on Friday, Jan. 24 next, the Court to go out of mourning. As regards jewelry, the customary formula on such occasions is abandoned. It was usual in all recent precedents to allow “pearls, diamonds and plain gold and silver ornaments.” The phraseology of the present order is copied with slight variations from that on the death of the Prince Consort with the important exception that during the second period (half or semi-mourning, as it called) the words as to pearls, etc., quoted above, were inserted. The difference is very marked and it is possible a subsequent notice may be issued rectifying the omission. When mourning garb was more strictly confined to black attire no jewelry, properly so called, was worn. Pearls were first admitted and later on diamonds were allowed even in the early or “full” mourning stage. Later on colored gems, such as rubies, amethysts and opals, were not considered out of place in “half mourning.” Jet is, of course, at all times permissible, and in later years black enamel ornaments have been in vogue.
The jewelry trade hardly knows yet how far to go and, as a consequence, nothing has been done beyond filling up stocks of jet goods, black enamel ornaments and the more modern oxidized and “gun metal” wares. Jet ornaments, brooches mostly; earrings perhaps ; bracelets, pins and so forth will have a great sale among poorer customers and a limited vogue in wealthier circles ; but these hardly come within the province of jewelry. Black enamel offers a wider scope for workers in the precious metals, but gun metal and oxidized goods are principally of foreign make. Without some mitigation of the official orders it is difficult to see how the jewelers can keep their workmen going. Watch chains of gold alternated with black steel are being shown for men’s wear, and studs, links and scarf pins will be in demand. The old fashioned jet alberts and silk with gold bands are also being put into the show cases, but it is difficult to imagine a revival of their popularity. Souvenir portraits and badges will find plenty of customers, but it is probable most of these will be imported, although Birmingham will, doubtless, do what it can to supply the demand. High class jewelry is at present out of the running, but any cheap, effective ornaments coming within the limits of “mourning” will find a ready market from whatever quarter they come.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 13th May 1901
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