INTERNATIONAL SILVER COMPANY

BARBOUR SILVER CO. (Hartford), DERBY SILVER CO. (Derby), HOLMES & EDWARDS SILVER CO. (Bridgeport), MANHATTAN SILVER PLATE CO. (Lyons, N.Y.), MERIDEN BRITANNIA CO. (Meriden), MERIDEN SILVER PLATE CO. (Meriden), MIDDLETOWN PLATE CO. (Middletown) NORWICH CUTLERY CO. (Norwich), ROGERS CUTLERY CO., ROGERS & BROTHER (Meriden), ROGERS & HAMILTON CO. (Waterbury), SIMPSON HALL MILLER & CO. (Wallingford), SIMPSON NICKEL SILVER CO. (Wallingford), STANDARD SILVER COMPANY LTD (Toronto, Canada) WATROUS MFG CO. (Wallingford), WILCOX SILVER PLATE CO. (Meriden), WILLIAM ROGERS MFG CO. (Hartford) UNITED STATES SILVER CORPORATION including C. ROGERS & BROTHERS (Meriden).

Barbour Silver Co - Derby Silver Plate Co - Holmes & Edwards Silver Co

Manhattan Silver Plate Co - Meriden Britannia Company - Meriden Silver Plate Co - Middletown Plate Co

Rogers & Brother - Rogers & Hamilton - Simpson, Hall, Miller & Co

Watrous Mfg Co - Wilcox Silver Plate Co - William Rogers Mfg Co

Other companies became part of International Silver Company, either directly or indirectly through one of the companies mentioned above:

International Silver Company and its factories were active in the whole Meriden-Wallingford area becoming possibly the larger center for silver craftsmanship in the US. The peak of the production was reached in the late 1930s. The production of sterling hollowware continued until 1976 while the silver plated hollowware business was sold to Oneida Silversmiths in 1981.

Besides the marks bearing its own name or the name of one of the companies organized in the International Silver Company, the silverplate production was marked with a wide array of trademarks:

The International Silver Company was sold in 1984 to Katy Industries Inc. changing its name to Wallace International Silversmiths, Wallingford, Connecticut. This firm markets International Sterling flatware and silverplated flatware under various trademarks (e.g. 1847 Rogers Bros, International Deepsilver,). In 1986 the business was purchased by a subsidiary of Syratech Corporation. International Silver Co is now (2020) property of Lifetime Brands, Inc. owner of other historic brands as Gorham, Kirk Stieff, Poole, Towle Silversmiths, Tuttle and Wallace.

FLATWARE PATTERNS: STERLING SILVER AND SILVER PLATE Follow this link to see sterling silver and silverplate FLATWARE PATTERNS of International Silver Company (click here)

ANGELIQUE - first production 1959	BRIDAL VEIL - first production 1950
BROCADE - first production 1950	BLOSSOM TIME - first production 1950

SILVERPLATE AND ELECTROPLATED SILVER OF USA AND CANADA

AMERICAN SILVERPLATE MARKS Aa / Al      Am / Az      Ba / Bh      Bi / Bz      C      D      E      F      G      H      I      J      K      L      Ma / Mh      Mi / Mz      N      O      P      Q      Ra / Rn      Ro / Rz      Sa / Sl      Sm / Sz      T      U      V      Wa / Wd      We / Wz      X      Y      Z

LITERAL MARKS - INITIAL LETTERS          A - B - C - D - E       F - G - H - I - J - K - L       M - N - O - P - Q - R - S       T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z

FIGURAL MARKS         anchors, animals, arrows, bells,       birds, candelabra, crosses, crowns      fantastical entities, horses       human figures, lions,  musical instruments      plants and vegetables, stars      swords axes blades,    tools, windmills, others

AMERICAN SILVERSMITHS         ALVIN CORPORATION      BLACK, STARR & FROST       J.E.CALDWELL & CO    CLEMENS FRIEDELL    WILLIAM GALE    GORHAM      HOLMES & EDWARDS    HOTCHKISS & SCHREUDER    INTERNATIONAL SILVER CO      KIRK STIEFF      DANIEL LOW & CO      LUNT SILVERSMITHS      MAUSER MFG. CO      MERIDEN BRITANNIA CO      POOLE SILVER CO      REED & BARTON      BERNARD RICE'S SONS      ROGERS      GEORGE W. SHIEBLER & CO      SHREVE, CRUMP & LOW      SIMPSON, HALL, MILLER & CO      WILLIAM SPRATLING      ARTHUR STONE      TIFFANY & CO      TOWLE      TUTTLE SILVERSMITHS     WALLACE      WATSON COMPANY      E.G. WEBSTER & SON     WHITING MFG CO     WILCOX SILVER PLATE CO

FLATWARE PATTERNS         GORHAM      HOLMES & EDWARDS     INTERNATIONAL SILVER CO      KIRK STIEFF CORPORATION      REED & BARTON      1847 ROGERS BROS      TOWLE MFG CO      WALLACE SILVERSMITHS INC.

STERLING SILVER OF USA AND CANADA

AMERICAN STERLING SILVER MARKS Aa / Am      An / Az      Ba / Bh      Bi / Bz      Ca / Cn      Co / Cz      Da / Dt      Du / Dz      E      Fa / Fn      Fo / Fz      Ga / Gh      Gi / Gz      Ha / Hh      Hi / Hz      I-J      K      La / Lh      Li / Lz      M      N      O      P - Q      Ra / Rn      Ro / Rz      Sa / Sh      Si / Sz      T - U - V      Wa / WG      Wh / Wz      X - Y - Z