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Davis Collamore & Co.
| Name | Davis Collamore & Co. |
| Ortssitz | New York City |
| Straße | Broadway 921 |
| Art des Unternehmens | Keramik- und Glasimporteur |
| Anmerkungen | Bezeichnet als "Importers Porcelain, Pottery, Glass, etc.". |
| Quellenangaben | [New Yorks great industries (1884) 277] |
| Zeit |
Ereignis |
| 1836 |
Gründung |
| 1842 |
Gründung |
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Kommentar |
| Import von Glas |
1884 |
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1884 |
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| Import von Keramik |
1884 |
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1884 |
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| Import von Porzellan |
1884 |
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1884 |
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| ZEIT | 1884 |
| THEMA | Firmendarstellung |
| TEXT | An important branch of commercial activity, and one deserving of special mention in a review of the leading business interests of New York, is the importation of porcelain, pottery, art goods, etc. In this section of the city numbers of art rooms, as they might aptly be termed, are devoted to the exposition of foreign wares, and the attractiveness of the merchandise and its artistic arrangement bespeak the taste- and systematic methods of the proprietors. One of the finest and undoubtedly one of the most extensive establishments in this line of trade is that of Messrs. Davis Collamore & Co,, No. 921 Broadway. The house was originally founded in 1836 by Mr. Davis Collamore and his brother, Mr. M. E. Collamore, the present firm having been established in 1842. and since its inception at that date has always commanded an influential and substantial patronage, derived from the best classes of society. The premises occupied are very spacious and commodious, and consist of a mammoth warehouse and series of salesrooms that extend from Broadway to Fifth Avenue, and are completely stocked with artistic pottery, porcelain and glass, brought from every prominent establishment and glass factory in the world. These constitute one of the most striking evidences of man's wonderful power and ability in the region of art. This enterprising firm has its sources of supply in Berlin, Vienna, Paris, Limoges, Worcester and Rudolstadt, and its plaques, vases and objets d'art are from such masters as Landgraf, Leroy, Boullemier, Sabourin, Deck, Mitchell. Sieffert, and many other famous artists. The decorated glass kept in stock includes fac-similes of the celebrated collections of India glass to be found in the South Kensington Museum. London, and at the Louvre, and Rothschilds, and is remarkable for its magnificent color, shape and ornamentation. The table wares consist of Mintons, Copeland, Worcester, Haviland, Dresden, Vienna, and various others too numerous to mention. A specialty is made of cut crystal glass of American manufacture, these goods now excelling in quality, design and make the glass goods of European manufacture. America is unquestionably pre-eminent in this branch of industry, and this house carries the finest and most extensive line of these goods to be found in the country. The pure crystal glass comprises berry bowls, celery trays, comports, in leaf, shell and other forms, also plain and engraved glass, which are offered to customers at very moderate prices. The immense show-rooms are marvels of elegance, taste and beauty, and as they are fully and completely stocked with statuettes in bronze and bisque, bric-a-brac, articles of vertu, beautiful ornaments, and handsome objects of art and use, arranged with most artistic effect, constituting but a small portion of the immense assortment of the firm which has searched every land to obtain the thousands of articles which will eventually adorn the mansions of the rich and the cottages of our citizens. A large force of employees pay polite attention to visitors and customers, and the pleasure of a visit is greatly enhanced by their courtesy. The individual members of this enterprising firm are Messrs. Davis Collamore and S, D. Bonfels. Both gentlemen are thoroughly practical men. connoisseurs in this department of art, and in both commercial and social circles are esteemed and respected, both as business men of rare energy and upright private citizens. Mr. Collamore is one of five sons, who all chose the same line of business, for which they have seemed to possess peculiar adaptability, as is evidenced by the success invariably attendant, upon their efforts. This establishment is perfect of its kind, and the proprietors by strictly attending to business have been able largely to increase their custom, and these principles carried out in the future will result in still further extending their operations. |
| QUELLE | [New Yorks great industries (1884) 277] |
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