Category Archives: Derby Silver Co

Sheffield

Posted on April 11, 2024 by queenofsienna

I’ve been avoiding this topic for a long, long time. I just could never make sense of all the various Sheffield marks out there. And I’m not talking about Sheffield, England, I’m talking about U.S. companies using Sheffield marks. The … Continue reading →

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One Fiddle Too Many

Posted on October 30, 2017 by queenofsienna

In some prior posts I have written about aesthetic flatware patterns and have attempted to identify a good amount of them.  Although I have written individual posts about some of the earlier flatware designs, I did not attempt to broadly … Continue reading →

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H. C. Reed Jr. & Co.

Posted on June 8, 2017 by queenofsienna

I came across a julep strainer in a design that I hadn’t seen before.  Yet, it looked so familiar to me.  It was marked “H. C. Reed Jr. & Co.” I hadn’t seen that mark before either.   The pattern … Continue reading →

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The Mystery of the Maltese Cross

Posted on January 2, 2016 by queenofsienna

A reader of this blog recently contacted me and asked if I could assist her with the identification of a Bridgeport Silver Co. mark on a piece of hollowware that she had.  This is a photo of her “nut bowl” … Continue reading →

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The Holmes & Edwards Silver Company

Posted on July 8, 2014 by queenofsienna

The Holmes & Edwards Silver Company was organized in 1882, with headquarters in Bridgeport, Connecticut.  The illustration below was taken from the 1893 Hurd Atlas and shows the company’s office and manufacturing facilities. But the roots of Holmes & Edwards … Continue reading →

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Edwin Brittin’s Squirrel

Posted on July 19, 2013 by queenofsienna

I’ve lately become enamored of silver plated nut picks from the late 1800’s…don’t ask me why, maybe I’m nuts.  But there is just something about the relatively diminutive size (usually around 4 and 3/4ths inches long) and amount of detail … Continue reading →

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